ASP.NET MVC Paste to clipboard <p>I have a ASP.NET MVC 4 app.</p> <p>I want to copy a text(from PDF) CTRL+C and paste it as parameter in a method from a controller.</p> <p>My webgrid has column with an ActionLink</p> <pre><code>grid.Column(" ", " ", format: @&lt;a href="@Url.Action("Clipboard", "People", new { cbdata = window.clipboardData.getData('Text') })"&gt;Clipboard&lt;/a&gt;), </code></pre> <p>...</p> <pre><code> [HttpPost] public ActionResult Clipboard(string cbdata) // is string ok ? { //I'm doing something with my clipboard data .. return View(); } </code></pre> <p>This part is not working : <em>window.clipboardData.getData('Text')</em> Do I have to modify my MapRoute in Global.asax.cs ?</p> <p><strong>Q</strong> : How can I get the data from my clipboard in a method from my controller ?</p>