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Match the style of <pre> element while performing paste - jQuery?

jQuery Web Development Front End Technology

For this, use <pre> tag. Set it to contenteditable −

<pre id="data" contenteditable></pre>

We have set the following style for paste −

<style>
   pre {
      min-height: 150px;
      min-width: 300px;
      font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
      white-space: pre;
      background-color: rgb(19, 22, 27);
      color: #98d8e7;
   }
</style>

Now, you can use paste event listener −

var getTheData = document.getElementById('data');
getTheData.addEventListener('paste', PutTheDataOnEditor);

Example

Following is the code −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <title>Document</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<style>
pre {
   min-height: 150px;
   min-width: 300px;
   font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
   white-space: pre;
   background-color: rgb(19, 22, 27);
   color: #98d8e7;
  }
</style>
<body>
   <pre id="data" contenteditable></pre>
</body>
<script>
   function PutTheDataOnEditor(event) {
      event.preventDefault();
      const textData = event.clipboardData.getData("text");
      event.target.innerHTML = textData;
      console.log(textData);
   }
var getTheData = document.getElementById('data');
getTheData.addEventListener('paste', PutTheDataOnEditor);
</script>
</html>