How can I automatically paste a copied link from clipboard without any keypress?

[eduard-buta]

Hi,

I'm trying to paste a link from my clipboard into an input field automatically. So far, I've thought of two methods of doing this, but couldn't make any work:

1. Using a custom javascript code that pastes what I have in my clipboard. Couldn't make it work, and since I'm not a programmer, don't know what I'm doing wrong.
2. Tried using two Trigger Event blocks. The first one focuses the field so I can type. And the second was supposed to emulate the CTRL+V keypress combo so I can paste my clipboard value. Couldn't make it work in any way I tried.

Please help me out if you've got a quick fix to this. I'm totally lost.

[Kholid060]

You can use javascript code to access the copied link from the clipboard.

navigator.clipboard.readText().then((link) => {
  alert(link);
});

But to use the above code, you need to allow the targeted website to access the clipboard.

Tried using two Trigger Event blocks. The first one focuses the field so I can type. And the second was supposed to emulate the CTRL+V keypress combo so I can paste my clipboard value. Couldn't make it work in any way I tried.

The trigger event block only dispatches the selected event to the element, it doesn't execute keyboard shortcuts.

[eduard-buta]

Awesome stuff. However, this only shows me an alert containing the last item in my clipboard. I would like to be able to paste that clipboard item into an input field (say Google Search). Is that possible?

[Kholid060]

Awesome stuff. However, this only shows me an alert containing the last item in my clipboard.

Javascript can only read the last item in the clipboard.

would like to be able to paste that clipboard item into an input field (say Google Search). Is that possible?

It's possible, after reading the URL from the clipboard use querySelector to select the input field that you want to paste the URL on. For example, changing the Google search input field with the text in the clipboard.

navigator.clipboard.readText().then((link) => {
  const inputField = document.querySelector('.gLFyf');
  inputField.value = link;
});