The editor of Downcodes learned that Microsoft announced today that Microsoft Edge and other Chromium-based browsers will support copying and pasting SVG files through the Async Clipboard API. This move will greatly improve user experience and web development efficiency, and solve the long-standing problem of web applications processing SVG content. SVG has become the first choice for web graphics due to its high-quality visual effects and lossless scalability. However, the traditional DataTransfer API lacks support for SVG MIME type files, causing developers to use complex methods to implement the SVG copy and paste function.
Microsoft announced today that Microsoft Edge and other Chromium-based browsers will support the copy and paste functionality of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files through the Async Clipboard API. This major breakthrough will significantly improve user experience and web development efficiency.
The SVG format has always been the first choice for web graphics due to its high-quality visual effects and lossless scalability. However, web applications face many challenges when handling SVG content. The traditional DataTransfer API lacks built-in support for SVG MIME type files, resulting in web developers having to use complex workarounds to copy and paste SVG content.
This update from Microsoft completely solves these problems. Starting with Microsoft Edge version 124, through the Async Clipboard API, web applications can now easily:
- SVG copy-paste from web to local app
- Copy-paste SVG natively applied to the web
- SVG copy-paste between web apps
The implementation of this function means that whether it is a local application or a web application, as long as SVG is needed, seamless data exchange can be achieved.
It is worth mentioning that Microsoft not only brought this feature to the Edge browser, but also actively promoted the development of industry standards. The company has updated the W3C specification for the clipboard API and contributed the relevant code to the Chromium open source project so that other Chromium-based browsers can also benefit.
In addition, Microsoft also reminds developers to pay attention to the recently added support for web custom formats and the ability to read unsanitized HTML content in the Async Clipboard API, which will provide the possibility to create a more flexible copy/paste experience.
This update marks a major advancement in Web graphics processing technology, which not only simplifies the user's operation process, but also provides more possibilities for Web developers, and is expected to promote innovative development in the field of network applications and graphic design.
Microsoft's move not only improves the user experience, but also brings a more convenient development environment to Web developers, indicating that Web graphics processing technology will usher in a new stage of development. We look forward to more browsers adding support and jointly promoting the progress of web applications!