Prevent copy/paste in a html input field.

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How to prevent users' copy/paste actions in a html input field?

Posted 26-Mar-12 1:09am

Subir Saw

Updated 31-Jan-17 19:07pm

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2012-03-26T01:20:00

Solution 2

Try the fix given here[^]. Note that it only works for IE.

Posted 26-Mar-12 1:20am

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Subir Saw 26-Mar-12 7:26am

I am trying this in IE9, it doesn't work in here...

krumia · Answer 2 · 2012-03-26T02:26:00

You can find hundreds of JavaScripts to do this if you Googled. Some of them works for some browsers and others work in other browsers. But eventually you will come up with a solution that works on almost every browser.

But that's not the point. All these implementations are done using JavaScript. If the intent of restricting copy/paste is to protect your site's content, I say it's a lame approach. Firstly, user can disable JavaScript. Secondly, he can view source. And above all, since all the data is sent to the client side already, there are about fifty million ways to recover that data if the user really needs them.

So my advice, do not waste your effort for so small a result.

Member 12976809 · Answer 3 · 2017-01-31T19:07:00

Solution 4

In <input tag (just write the code : oncopy="return false" onpaste="return false" )
html doesn't allow to copy or paste data from the input field.

Posted 31-Jan-17 19:07pm

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Richard MacCutchan 1-Feb-17 6:43am

Please do not post in questions that are almost FIVE years old.