If you’re like most people, you use a website or app that allows you to paste text into a document or chat box. But what if the site or app you’re using blocks text pasting? Here’s how to paste text on sites that block it. To paste text on a site that blocks it, first open the site in a new tab or window. Then copy the text you want to paste and paste it into the new tab or window. Some websites and apps allow you to copy and paste text by pressing Ctrl+C (or Command+C on Macs) and then pasting it into the new tab or window. Other websites and apps require you to click on the Paste button (or press V on Windows computers) and then pasting the text. ..
Some companies think they’re increasing security by disabling your ability to paste into form fields, such as the password field. But in reality, all they’re doing is frustrating users–and probably decreasing security by blocking password managers. Here’s how to solve this annoyance in Chrome and Firefox.
In Chrome: Use the “Don’t F*ck with Paste” Extension
If Chrome is your browser of choice, the easiest solution to your pasting problems is Don’t F*ck with Paste. Add that extension to Chrome, and it will just work quietly in the background. It tells the browser to accept all paste events and skip any paste event handlers on the page.
This is the code by developer Vivek Gite, in case you’re interested:
But you don’t really need to know that. It’s just a simple extension that worked for me with PayPal and Western Union (which a similar extension, Allow Copy, couldn’t fix).
In Firefox: Modify Your Configuration Settings
Firefox users don’t need to use an extension, but instead can change the browser’s behavior in the configuration settings.
Head to about:config in Firefox and click the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button to proceed past the warning.
Search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled in the search box. It’ll be the only option once you type in “dom.event.cl”:
Double-click on the setting to change the value from “true” to “false”.
Now websites can’t mess with your clipboard or block your ability to copy and paste.
It’s terrible that we have to jump through hoops to easily use our long passwords on many sites, but at least it only takes a couple of minutes to fix this frustration.
