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Andy Baird
Andy Baird

Reputation: 6208

Pasting an image from clipboard to a website

I need to come up with a solution for users to be able to paste an image on to a website, then upload that image on to the web server. I'm not sure what the right solution for this - I am pretty sure javascript is out of the question because I don't think it can handle binary clipboard data (or any clipboard data?)

So, I'm not sure which way to go with this. Is this something possible with a Java applet? Or maybe a Flash SWF? Any other alternatives?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 6381

Answers (3)

Daniel X Moore
Daniel X Moore

Reputation: 15060

You can use pure JavaScript for this, assuming either Chrome or Chrome Frame. Since most other plugins or applets require a specific install action you might as well require installing Chrome Frame as that will fix quite a bit more than just pasting events.

View a live demo of a jQuery plugin that cleanly wraps the HTML Clipboard API. This demo requires the Chrome browser.

Upvotes: 2

Phil
Phil

Reputation: 2299

Or this free one (via another StackOverflow question)

Upvotes: 4

Chris Van Opstal
Chris Van Opstal

Reputation: 37547

Rad Upload (java applet). It's not free, but it is relatively cheap.

Upvotes: 1

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