Copy-paste and drag-and-drop are fundamental interactions we perform countless times daily in our browsers. But have you ever wondered what kind of data is actually being transferred behind the scenes? As web developers, sometimes we need to programmatically access this data to build richer user experiences, like handling pasted images, dropped files, or specific text formats.
Today, we’ll break down a concise JavaScript snippet that sets up listeners for paste and drop events, extracts the transferred data, and logs it neatly to the browser’s developer console.