Clipboard Commands

Manage the system clipboard and simulate copy/paste keyboard shortcuts in the browser.

Commands

Read Clipboard

Read text content from the system clipboard:

zchrome clipboard read

Write to Clipboard

Write text to the system clipboard:

zchrome clipboard write "Hello, World!"

Copy Selection

Simulate Ctrl+C to copy the current browser selection:

zchrome clipboard copy

Paste from Clipboard

Simulate Ctrl+V to paste clipboard contents into the focused element:

zchrome clipboard paste

Examples

Copy text from a page element

# Select all text in an input, copy it, then read from clipboard
zchrome click "#my-input"
zchrome press Control+a
zchrome clipboard copy
zchrome clipboard read

Fill a field via clipboard

# Write text to clipboard, then paste into a focused input
zchrome clipboard write "test@example.com"
zchrome click "#email"
zchrome clipboard paste

Extract and reuse text

# Read clipboard content and use it elsewhere
zchrome clipboard read
# Output: Hello, World!

Interactive Mode

In the REPL, use clipboard or the short alias cb:

zchrome> clipboard read
Hello, World!

zchrome> cb write "new text"
Written to clipboard: new text

zchrome> cb copy
Copied (Ctrl+C)

zchrome> cb paste
Pasted (Ctrl+V)

Notes

• read and write operate on the host system clipboard using the zlib_clipboard library, not the browser's navigator.clipboard API.
• copy and paste simulate keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V) via the Chrome DevTools Protocol Input.dispatchKeyEvent.
• Clipboard read/write requires a session (active page), since the command is session-scoped.