Mega Code Archive
The onBeforeCopy Event Handler
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/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman
John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>onBeforeCopy Event Handler</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function selectWhole() {
var obj = window.event.srcElement
var range = document.body.createTextRange()
range.moveToElementText(obj)
range.select()
event.returnValue = false
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>onBeforeCopy Event Handler</H1>
<HR>
<P>Select one or more characters in the following paragraph. Then
execute a Copy command via Edit or context menu.</P>
<P ID="myP" onBeforeCopy="selectWhole()">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetaur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut
labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim adminim veniam, quis nostrud
exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</P>
<FORM>
<P>Paste results here:<BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME="output" COLS="60" ROWS="5"></TEXTAREA>
</P>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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