Google Chrome Extensions: How to detect Copy action (Ctrl-C and Edit-Copy)?

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Published on 2010-05-20T00:42:40Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 23:01 UTC
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How might I detect that a user has selected and copied some content in the currently active tab in a Google Chrome Extension?

It appears that there are no suitable Events that deal with the Clipboard in chrome.tabs or chrome.windows.

Is there a way to detect such actions through Content Scripts?

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