• @[email protected]
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    25 days ago

    but it can place text into the clipboard.

    Only as the result of a user interaction, for example by pressing a button.

    • @T156
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      13 days ago

      From the Browser’s viewpoint, would there be any difference if the webpage has a JS button to put something in the clipboard, or it having code running in the background that puts things into the clipboard at page load?

      It’s not like there’s that much of a difference, as far as the Browser is concerned.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 days ago

        would there be any difference if the webpage has a JS button to put something in the clipboard, or it having code running in the background that puts things into the clipboard at page load?

        Clicking a button shows user intent, whereas a page load doesn’t. No user expects loading a page to overwrite their clipboard, but every user that clicks a “Copy to Clipboard” button does expect it.