Add data from clipboard to out-of-page inputs via firefox addon

Question

I develop an addon for Firefox and have the next question: is there a way to paste data from clipboard to borwser elements like a search or url field using Firefox addon api? And what is the best way to solve such kind of problem?

Answer 1

Yes get the data on the clipboard with: paste data from clipboard using document.execCommand("paste"); within firefox extension

Then do Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow('navigator:browser').gURLBar.value = varHoldingPasteData;