[SOLVED] Handle oncopy event after server's response

Handle oncopy event after server's response

I want to modify the user's clipboard when he presses CTRL+C based on what the server responds. The communication with the server is done through a web socket. I managed to get the oncopy event and I'm able to set some content to it, but only immediately. What I want is something like this:

oncopy event fired and caught
ask the server for something (socket.send(bla bla))
receive answer from the server (socket.onmessage())
update the user's clipboard by editing event.clipboardData

Is it possible?

Or is there a way in which I could do busy waiting in the event handling method while the message from the server is being received?

Solution

Sorry, playing around with a clipboard is tricky business. What I have found out is that after a while the clipboard data are lost from the event object (might be a security meassure). So you either set the data immedietly or you loose the ability to set it.