onbeforecopy event

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2017-05-02

Fires on the source object before the selection is copied to the system clipboard.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element onbeforecopy = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.onbeforecopy = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("onbeforecopy", handler)
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("beforecopy", handler, useCapture)

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	Yes
Cancelable	Yes

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]
Type: IHTMLEventObj

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

The HTMLStyleElementEvents2::onbeforecopy event fires on the source element. Use the IHTMLDataTransfer::setData method to specify a data format for the selection.

None.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Right-click to display the shortcut menu and select Copy.
Or press CTRL+C.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

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