How to paste text into input fields that block it?

Question

On many webpages they are blocking copy/paste using JavaScript.

Is there any way for making such inputs work as the should (e.g. enable copy/paste)?

I’m using Google Chrome.

Answer 1

Simply highlight the text and drag it into the text field. Try it here!

This works for me in Firefox and Chrome.

Answer 2

It's hacky and won't work always but a lot of the time there is just a listener set for CTRL+C / CTRL+V and you can get around it by using CTRL+INS / SHIFT+INS instead of copy / paste.

If they are doing something goofy like using flash to write an empty string to the clipboard in a loop (twitch) then you are out of luck.

Answer 3

Here's an open source Chrome Extention

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dont-fuck-with-paste/nkgllhigpcljnhoakjkgaieabnkmgdkb

If you're interested in the code https://github.com/jswanner/DontFuckWithPaste

Answer 4

If you're using Firefox, I found the following solution. Not sure what minimum version is required, however.

1. Go to about:config
2. Search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled
3. Double-click it to change the value to false

This allowed me to paste immediately after changing it. I didn't even have to restart the browser.

Answer 5

Press F12 and paste the following code into the console.

var allowPaste = function(e){
  e.stopImmediatePropagation();
  return true;
};
document.addEventListener('paste', allowPaste, true);

Answer 6

The easiest workaround (in terms of user-friendliness) for Google Chrome would be adding Allow Copy extension.

Answer 7

Decide to add my solution to this (making a bookmarklet inspired from this repo and extension https://github.com/jswanner/DontFuckWithPaste) This bookmarklet will also allow copying on documents that disable that using javascript.

javascript:(function(){
  allowCopyAndPaste = function(e){ 
      e.stopImmediatePropagation(); 
      return true;
  };
  document.addEventListener('copy', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('paste', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('onpaste', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
})();

AllowCopyAndPaste

Answer 8

You could simply disable JavaScript on the page using a simple bookmarklet. From. http://javascript.about.com/library/bldis.htm

If you create a bookmark that contains the following script as the link (or even paste this code into the address bar and press enter) then it will rip all the JavaScript off of the current page:

javascript:void(d=document);if(frames.length){alert('Script%20doesn/'t%20work%20in%20frames');}else{while((el=d.getElementsByTagName('script')).length){el[0].parentNode.removeChild(el[0]);};onerror=function(){};d.close();}

The problem of course is that while you will now be able to paste into that text box if the form used JavaScript to submit the form then that too will be broken.

Answer 9

On windows you can use AutoHotkey

syntax:

::whatever::
Send [....text… Use  {enter} for line breaks]
return

example: if you type xyz it will write the text below (as if it was written)

::xyz::
Send hi {enter} This a new line  {enter}. Another new line  {enter} whatsoever. {enter} 
return