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There is no way to specify that an item has multiple flavors/representations on the clipboard. mozGetDataAt and mozSetDataAt got this correct with an index that was in common across the flavors of a given item. This is also reflective of the native clipboard API. Adding a series of flavors to the clipboard as individual items of a DataTransfer object doesn't help the receiver determine if they're a flavor or unique item.

items: foo.png foo.jpg <- single item, two flavors
items: foo.png bar.jpg <- multiple items, two unique items
items: foo.png foo.jpg, bar.png bar.jpg <- multiple items, two flavors of the each item

In the DataTransfer item list, the index needs to be specified since the item increments
item[0] item[1]
index: 0 index: 0
name: foo.png name: foo.jpg
blob/file blob/file

FYI this doc says paste is enabled in Chrome 43 using execCommand. Only copy and cut were since we wanted to add a new permission for paste (to prevent sites surprisingly reading from users clipboards)

I have a question about the text below. Does this mean that we can no longer consider cut/copy/paste events as user initiated events then?

"Make it easier to support alternate permission models.
For example, to enable web apps to copy to the clipboard without requiring a user gesture.
..."