js get paste text
function handlePaste (e) { var clipboardData, pastedData; // Stop data actually being pasted into div e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); // Get pasted data via clipboard API clipboardData = e.clipboardData || window.clipboardData; pastedData = clipboardData.getData('Text'); // Do whatever with pasteddata alert(pastedData); } document.getElementById('editableDiv').addEventListener('paste', handlePaste);