Copies an image to the clipboard. The image is re-encoded before it is written to the clipboard. If the image is invalid, the clipboard is not modified.
The image is provided as an ArrayBuffer
containing the encoded image. JPEG and PNG formats are supported.
Although this API is based on Chrome's clipboard.setImageData
API, there are some differences:
- The Chrome API is only for apps, not extensions.
- This API requires only the "clipboardWrite" permission, while the Chrome version also requires the "clipboard" permission.
- Chrome's API uses callbacks, and this API only supports promises.
- This API does not support the
additionalItems
parameter.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
browser.clipboard.setImageData( imageData, // ArrayBuffer imageType // String )
Parameters
imageData
ArrayBuffer
. The encoded image data.imageType
String
. The type of image: either "png" or "jpeg".
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with no arguments if the operation succeeded, or rejected if there was an error (for example, because the data did not represent a valid image).
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No | No | 57 | 57 | No |
Examples
Copy a remote image:
// requires:
// * the host permission for "https://cdn.mdn.mozilla.net/*"
// * the API permission "clipboardWrite"
fetch('https://cdn.mdn.mozilla.net/static/img/favicon144.png')
.then(response => response.arrayBuffer())
.then(buffer => browser.clipboard.setImageData(buffer, 'png'));
Copy an image that was bundled with the extension:
// requires the API permission "clipboardWrite"
fetch(browser.runtime.getURL('image.png'))
.then(response => response.arrayBuffer())
.then(buffer => browser.clipboard.setImageData(buffer, 'png'));
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.clipboard
API.