"Unable to get property 'getData' of undefined or null reference" in IE but not Chrome
Answer found here: Intercept paste event in Javascript
This worked for me.
if (window.clipboardData && window.clipboardData.getData) { // IE pastedText = window.clipboardData.getData('Text');}else if (event.originalEvent.clipboardData && event.originalEvent.clipboardData.getData) { // other browsers pastedText = event.originalEvent.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');}
var value = event.originalEvent.clipboardData.getData("Text");