document.execCommand paste not working in contentEditable div

Question

document.execCommand paste not working, ie it works only when a selection has been made and it replaces the selected contents, otherwise no change is made. By the way I am using a contenteditable div element where I am trying to do this.

In all browsers it fails, I am using it on clicking a particular li element of a ul .

 <ul>
  <li> 
      <a href="javascript:void(0)"onclick="paste();"><span>Paste</span></a> 
  </li> 
 </ul> 

Where paste is the function where I use: document.execCommand('paste',false,null);

Answer 1

Mozilla (Opera too) requires special security setting .

Browsers compatibility.

Check this (preferably in IE) . While you click the link, the focus is changing and the browser wants to paste data into that link. I hope it will help you.