ThedataTransfer read-only property of theInputEvent interface returns aDataTransfer objectcontaining information about richtext or plaintext data being added to or removed fromeditable content.

Value

ADataTransfer object ornull. The spec has anoverview of its value in various cases.

Examples

In the following simple example we've set up an event listener on theinput event so that when anycontent is pasted into the contenteditable<p> element, its HTML sourceis retrieved via theInputEvent.dataTransfer.getData()method and reported in the paragraph below the input.

Try copying and pasting some of the content provided to see the effects.

<p><span>Whoa, bold blue text!</span></p><p>  <span>Exciting: italic red text!</span></p><p>Boring normal text ;-(</p><hr /><p contenteditable="true">  Go on, try pasting some content into this editable paragraph and see what  happens!</p><p></p>

const editable = document.querySelector("p[contenteditable]");const result = document.querySelector(".result");editable.addEventListener("input", (e) => {  result.textContent = e.dataTransfer.getData("text/html");});

Specifications

Browser compatibility