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Firefox 3.6 cut and paste of a website differs from Firefox 4.0. Need to make it work the same as the previous version

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I have a very elaborate mapping script written in PHP that requires a cut and paste from a website (an information screen on a website) to be taken and then pasted into a form.

The website itself has javascript "behind the scenes" that automatically was captured by a ctrl-a ctrl-c in firefox 3.6 but is not in 4.0

This makes this mapping script which is very much required incompatible with firefox and forces users to use the dreaded IE.

Is there a way to make 4.0 cut and paste function like it used to in 3.6?

I have a very elaborate mapping script written in PHP that requires a cut and paste from a website (an information screen on a website) to be taken and then pasted into a form. The website itself has javascript "behind the scenes" that automatically was captured by a ctrl-a ctrl-c in firefox 3.6 but is not in 4.0 This makes this mapping script which is very much required incompatible with firefox and forces users to use the dreaded IE. Is there a way to make 4.0 cut and paste function like it used to in 3.6?

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