onbeforecut event

Fires on the source object before the selection is deleted from the document.

Syntax

HTML Attribute <element onbeforecut = "handler(event)">
Event Property object.onbeforecut = handler;
attachEvent Method object.attachEvent("onbeforecut", handler)
addEventListener Method object.addEventListener("beforecut", handler, useCapture)

 

Event information

Synchronous No
Bubbles Yes
Cancelable Yes

 

Event handler parameters

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

Creating custom code for cutting requires several steps:

  1. Set event.returnValue=false in the HTMLAreaEvents2::onbeforecut event to enable the Cut shortcut menu item.
  2. Specify a data format in which to transfer the selection through the IHTMLDataTransfer::setData method of the clipboardData object.
  3. Invoke the IHTMLDataTransfer::setData method in the HTMLAreaEvents2::oncut event.

None.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Right-click to display the shortcut menu and select Cut.
  • Or press CTRL+X if the selection is within a text field.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

See also

Reference

HTMLAreaEvents2::onbeforecopy

HTMLAreaEvents2::onbeforepaste

oncopy

HTMLAreaEvents2::oncut

HTMLAreaEvents2::onpaste

IHTMLDataTransfer::setData

Conceptual

About DHTML Data Transfer