JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Jiang Xuan

HTML

1. Copy image data into clipboard or press Print Screen <br>
2. Press Ctrl+V (page/iframe must be focused):
<br /><br />
<canvas style="border:1px solid grey;" id="my_canvas" width="300" height="300"></canvas>
<br />
<textarea placeholder="Pasting text should work here"></textarea>

JavaScript

var CLIPBOARD = new CLIPBOARD_CLASS("my_canvas", true);

/**
 * image pasting into canvas
 * 
 * @param {string} canvas_id - canvas id
 * @param {boolean} autoresize - if canvas will be resized
 */
function CLIPBOARD_CLASS(canvas_id, autoresize) {
	var _self = this;
	var canvas = document.getElementById(canvas_id);
	var ctx = document.getElementById(canvas_id).getContext("2d");
	var ctrl_pressed = false;
	var command_pressed = false;
	var paste_event_support;
	var pasteCatcher;

	//handlers
	document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
		_self.on_keyboard_action(e);
	}, false); //firefox fix
	document.addEventListener('keyup', function (e) {
		_self.on_keyboardup_action(e);
	}, false); //firefox fix
	document.addEventListener('paste', function (e) {
		_self.paste_auto(e);
	}, false); //official paste handler

	//constructor - we ignore security checks here
	this.init = function () {
		pasteCatcher = document.createElement("div");
		pasteCatcher.setAttribute("id", "paste_ff");
		pasteCatcher.setAttribute("contenteditable", "");
		pasteCatcher.style.cssText = 'opacity:0;position:fixed;top:0px;left:0px;width:10px;margin-left:-20px;';
		document.body.appendChild(pasteCatcher);

		// create an observer instance
		var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
			mutations.forEach(function(mutation) {
				if (paste_event_support === true || ctrl_pressed == false || mutation.type != 'childList'){
					//we already got data in paste_auto()
					return true;
				}

				//if paste handle failed - capture pasted object manually
				if(mutation.addedNodes.length == 1) {
					if (mutation.addedNodes[0].src != undefined) {
						//image
						_self.paste_createImage(mutation.addedNodes[0].src);
					}
					//register cleanup after some time.
					setTimeout(function () {
						pasteCatcher.innerHTML = '';
					}, 20);
				}
			});
		});
		var target = document.getElementById('paste_ff');
		var config = { attributes: true, childList: true, characterData: true...