Paste Shortcut Kbd for React

The letters were chosen for their place, not their names: Z, X, C and V sit together at the bottom left of the keyboard, next to the modifier. V is often said to look like the caret proofreaders use to mark an insertion.

No, it's ⌘V on macOS and Ctrl V on Windows, Linux and ChromeOS. Show the one that matches the user's platform.

Listen to the paste event and read event.clipboardData, for text with getData or for images and files with files. Call preventDefault only if you insert the content yourself. These are browser APIs and work the same in every framework.

Often, yes: strip formatting from rich text pasted into a plain field, trim spaces from pasted codes, check the type and size of pasted files. Never insert pasted HTML into the page without sanitizing it.

Pasting text shows its own result. Pasting a file or an image should show something: a preview, an upload progress bar or a message when the type isn't accepted.

Not everyone can press a chord, and some people paste with the context menu or voice control. Accept paste from all of them, and offer an upload button wherever paste brings in files.