From 024f969bfd884e43cd40f408d0e3ba32839be45f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: toasted-nutbread <toasted-nutbread@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 13:27:26 -0500
Subject: Update comment on getClipboardText
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ext/bg/js/search.js | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
(limited to 'ext/bg/js')
diff --git a/ext/bg/js/search.js b/ext/bg/js/search.js
index de2bca64..cbfce6a5 100644
--- a/ext/bg/js/search.js
+++ b/ext/bg/js/search.js
@@ -286,8 +286,10 @@ class DisplaySearch extends Display {
async getClipboardText() {
/*
Notes:
- apiClipboardGet doesn't work on firefox because document.execCommand('paste') requires
- user interaction. Therefore, navigator.clipboard.readText() is used.
+ apiClipboardGet doesn't work on Firefox because document.execCommand('paste')
+ results in an empty string on the web extension background page.
+ This may be a bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603985
+ Therefore, navigator.clipboard.readText() is used on Firefox.
navigator.clipboard.readText() can't be used in Chrome for two reasons:
* Requires page to be focused, else it rejects with an exception.
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