Clipboardchange event API

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Title of the proposal

Clipboardchange event API

URL to the spec

https://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/#clipboard-event-clipboardchange

URL to the spec's repository

https://github.com/w3c/clipboard-apis

Issue Tracker URL

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41442253

Explainer URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/ClipboardAPI/clipboard-change-event-explainer.md

TAG Design Review URL

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Mozilla standards-positions issue URL

mozilla/standards-positions#1115

WebKit Bugzilla URL

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Radar URL

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Description

The clipboardchange event fires whenever the system clipboard contents are changed. This allows web-apps like remote desktop clients to be notified and respond to changes to the system clipboard. It provides an efficient alternative to polling the clipboard for changes.