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Window: cut event

The cut event is fired when the user has initiated a "cut" action through the browser's user interface.

The original target for this event is the Element that was the intended target of the cut action. You can listen for this event on the Window interface to handle it in the capture or bubbling phases. For full details on this event please see the page on the Element: cut event.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js

addEventListener("cut", (event) => {});

oncut = (event) => {};

Event type

Examples

js

window.addEventListener("cut", (event) => {
  console.log("cut action initiated");
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
cut_event 1 12 22
9Before Internet Explorer 9, this event is not supported via addEventListener; however, the event handler is supported since IE 5.5. The event can be listened to via element.oncopy.
≤12.1 3 4.4 18 22 ≤12.1 3 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/cut_event