GoogleChromeLabs/squoosh

Show a message when pasting fails

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#637 opened on Jun 25, 2019

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Description

#98 added support for onpaste. However, sometimes what’s on the clipboard cannot be pasted into Squoosh (e.g. image data copied from Photoshop). In that case, it would be great to detect the failure and show an error message.

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Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Knowledge of JavaScript event handlingFamiliarity with DOM manipulation
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
Start by examining PR #98 which added onpaste support to understand the current paste handling flow. Look for event listeners on the paste event and determine where and why paste might fail (e.g., unsupported image data). The fix involves detecting such failures and displaying an error message in the UI. Check the components directory for UI message patterns. The maintainers have not provided specific UX guidance, so propose a simple toast or inline error message.