--- title: ClipboardEvent slug: Web/API/ClipboardEvent tags: - API - Clipboard API - Event - Experimental - Interface - NeedsTranslation - TopicStub translation_of: Web/API/ClipboardEvent --- <p>{{APIRef("Clipboard API")}} {{SeeCompatTable}}</p> <p>The <strong><code>ClipboardEvent</code></strong> interface represents events providing information related to modification of the clipboard, that is {{event("cut")}}, {{event("copy")}}, and {{event("paste")}} events.</p> <h2 id="Constructor">Constructor</h2> <dl> <dt>{{domxref("ClipboardEvent.ClipboardEvent", "ClipboardEvent()")}}</dt> <dd>Creates a <code>ClipboardEvent</code> event with the given parameters.</dd> </dl> <h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2> <p><em>Also inherits properties from its parent {{domxref("Event")}}</em>.</p> <dl> <dt>{{domxref("ClipboardEvent.clipboardData")}} {{readonlyInline}}</dt> <dd>Is a {{domxref("DataTransfer")}} object containing the data affected by the user-initiated {{event("cut")}}, {{event("copy")}}, or {{event("paste")}} operation, along with its MIME type.</dd> </dl> <h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2> <p><em>No specific methods; inherits methods from its parent {{domxref("Event")}}</em>.</p> <h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2> <table class="standard-table"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Specification</th> <th scope="col">Status</th> <th scope="col">Comment</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>{{ SpecName('Clipboard API', '#clipboard-event-interfaces', 'ClipboardEvent') }}</td> <td>{{ Spec2('Clipboard API') }}</td> <td>Initial definition.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2> <p>{{Compat("api.ClipboardEvent")}}</p> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Copy-related events: {{event("copy")}}, {{event("cut")}}, {{event("paste")}}</li> </ul>