const el = document.querySelector('p');
el.addEventListener('paste', (e) => {
// Get user's pasted data
let data = e.clipboardData.getData('text/html') ||
e.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
//console.log(data)
// Filter out everything except simple text and allowable HTML elements
let regex = /<(?!(\/\s*)?(b|i|em|strong|u)[>,\s])([^>])*>/g;
data = data.replace(regex, '');
//console.log(data)
// Insert the filtered content
document.execCommand('insertHTML', false, data);
// Prevent the standard paste behavior
e.preventDefault();
});
[...document.querySelectorAll('body *')].forEach(element=>{
const style = getComputedStyle(element)
if ( style.fontStyle==="italic"){
element.innerHTML = "<i>" + element.innerHTML + "</i>";
;}
if ( style.fontWeight==="700"){
element.innerHTML = "<b>" + element.innerHTML + "</b>";
;}
if (style.textDecoration==="underline rgb(0, 0, 0)"){
element.innerHTML = "<u>" + element.innerHTML + "</u>";
;}
});
.editable {
width: 100%;
min-height: 20px;
font-size: 14px;
color: black;
font-family: arial;
line-height: 1.5;
border: solid 1px black;
margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.big {
font-size: 20px;
}
.red {
color: red;
}
.bold {
font-weight: bold;
}
.underline{
text-decoration: underline;
}
.italic {
font-style: italic;
}
<p class="editable" contenteditable></p>
<p class="notEditable">
Try pasting this paragraph into the contenteditable paragraph above. This text includes <b>BOLD</b>, <i>ITALIC</i>, <s>STRIKE</s>, <u>UNDERLINE</u>, a <a href='#'>LINK</a>, and <span style="font-size:30px; color:red; font-family:Times New Roman">a few other styles.</span> All styles are inline, and it works as expected.
</p>
<p id="container"><span class="underline">Now</span>, try pasting this paragraph with external styles. <span class="big">Big</span > <span class="red">red</span> <span class="bold" >bold</span> <span class="italic">italic</span>. It no longer works.</p>