diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs
index 704b0efbc6..bbaba9517d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
   (ptk/reify ::paste-from-clipboard
     ptk/WatchEvent
     (watch [_ _ _]
-      (->> (clipboard/from-clipboard)
+      (->> (clipboard/from-navigator)
            (rx/mapcat default-paste-from-blob)
            (rx/take 1)))))
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
                       (js/console.error "Clipboard error:" cause))
                     (rx/empty)))]
 
-          (->> (clipboard/from-clipboard)
+          (->> (clipboard/from-navigator)
                (rx/mapcat #(.text %))
                (rx/map decode-entry)
                (rx/take 1)
@@ -944,8 +944,7 @@
 
 (defn- paste-html-text
   [html]
-  (js/console.log html)
-  (dm/assert! (string? html))
+  (assert (string? html))
   (ptk/reify ::paste-html-text
     ptk/WatchEvent
     (watch [_ state  _]
@@ -953,9 +952,7 @@
             root    (dwtxt/create-root-from-html html style)
             text    (.-textContent root)
             content (tc/dom->cljs root)]
-        (js/console.log "root" root "content" content)
         (when (types.text/valid-content? content)
-          (js/console.log "valid-content")
           (let [id     (uuid/next)
                 width  (max 8 (min (* 7 (count text)) 700))
                 height 16
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/debug/playground.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/debug/playground.cljs
index 16b428af64..c96c6c4dca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/debug/playground.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/debug/playground.cljs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         on-click (mf/use-fn
                   (fn [e]
                     (js/console.log "event" e)
-                    (let [stream (clipboard/from-clipboard)]
+                    (let [stream (clipboard/from-navigator)]
                       (rx/sub! stream
                                (fn [data]
                                  (js/console.log "data" data))))))]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/context_menu.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/context_menu.cljs
index afa34710e2..75caa6318f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/context_menu.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/context_menu.cljs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
         handle-hover-copy-paste
         (mf/use-callback
          (fn []
-           (->> (clipboard/from-clipboard)
+           (->> (clipboard/from-navigator)
                 (rx/mapcat #(.text %))
                 (rx/take 1)
                 (rx/subs!
@@ -802,7 +802,6 @@
 
 ;; FIXME: optimize because it is rendered always
 
-
 (mf/defc context-menu*
   []
   (let [mdata        (mf/deref menu-ref)
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.cljs
index 63d632aa76..7c7b56da26 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.cljs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 
 (ns app.util.clipboard
   (:require
-   ["./clipboard.js" :as clipboard]
+   ["./clipboard.js" :as impl]
    [app.common.transit :as t]
+   [app.util.dom :as dom]
    [beicon.v2.core :as rx]))
 
 (def image-types
@@ -16,31 +17,50 @@
    "image/jpeg"
    "image/svg+xml"])
 
-(def clipboard-settings #js {:decodeTransit t/decode-str})
+(def ^:private default-options
+  #js {:decodeTransit t/decode-str})
 
-(defn from-clipboard []
-  (->> (rx/from (clipboard/fromClipboard clipboard-settings))
+(defn- from-data-transfer
+  "Get clipboard stream from DataTransfer instance"
+  [data-transfer]
+  (->> (rx/from (impl/fromDataTransfer data-transfer default-options))
        (rx/mapcat #(rx/from %))))
 
-(defn from-data-transfer [data-transfer]
-  (->> (rx/from (clipboard/fromDataTransfer data-transfer clipboard-settings))
+(defn from-navigator
+  []
+  (->> (rx/from (impl/fromNavigator default-options))
        (rx/mapcat #(rx/from %))))
 
-(defn from-clipboard-data [clipboard-data]
-  (from-data-transfer clipboard-data))
+(defn from-clipboard-event
+  "Get clipboard stream from clipboard event"
+  [event]
+  (let [cdata (.-clipboardData ^js event)]
+    (from-data-transfer cdata)))
 
-(defn from-clipboard-event [event]
-  (from-clipboard-data (.-clipboardData event)))
+(defn from-synthetic-clipboard-event
+  "Get clipboard stream from syntetic clipboard event"
+  [event]
+  (let [target
+        (dom/get-target event)
 
-(defn from-synthetic-clipboard-event [event]
-  (let [target (.-target ^js event)]
-    (when (and (not (.-isContentEditable ^js target)) ;; ignore when pasting into
-               (not= (.-tagName ^js target) "INPUT")) ;; an editable control
-      (from-clipboard-event (. ^js event getBrowserEvent)))))
+        content-editable?
+        (dom/is-content-editable? target)
 
-(defn from-drop-event [event]
-  (from-data-transfer (.-dataTransfer event)))
+        is-input?
+        (= (dom/get-tag-name target) "INPUT")]
 
+    ;; ignore when pasting into an editable control
+    (when-not (or content-editable? is-input?)
+      (-> event
+          (dom/event->browser-event)
+          (from-clipboard-event)))))
+
+(defn from-drop-event
+  "Get clipboard stream from drop event"
+  [event]
+  (from-data-transfer (.-dataTransfer ^js event)))
+
+;; FIXME: rename to `write-text`
 (defn to-clipboard
   [data]
   (assert (string? data) "`data` should be string")
@@ -52,6 +72,7 @@
   (js/ClipboardItem.
    (js-obj mimetype promise)))
 
+;; FIXME: this API is very confuse
 (defn to-clipboard-promise
   [mimetype promise]
   (let [clipboard (unchecked-get js/navigator "clipboard")
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.js b/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.js
index fc1f994a53..5fe4d88865 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.js
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/clipboard.js
@@ -36,20 +36,25 @@ const exclusiveTypes = [
  * @param {Blob} [defaultReturn]
  * @returns {Blob}
  */
-function parseClipboardItemText(
-  text,
-  options,
-  defaultReturn = new Blob([text], { type: "text/plain" }),
-) {
-  let decodedTransit = false;
-  try { decodedTransit = options?.decodeTransit?.(text) ?? false }
-  catch (error) { /* NOOP */ }
+function parseText(text, options) {
+  options = options || {};
+
+  const decodeTransit = options["decodeTransit"];
+
+  if (decodeTransit) {
+    try {
+      decodeTransit(text);
+      return new Blob([text], { type: "application/transit+json" });
+    } catch (_error) {
+      // NOOP
+    }
+  }
+
   if (/^<svg[\s>]/i.test(text)) {
     return new Blob([text], { type: "image/svg+xml" });
-  } else if (decodedTransit) {
-    return new Blob([text], { type: "application/transit+json" });
+  } else {
+    return new Blob([text], { type: "text/plain" });
   }
-  return defaultReturn;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -57,9 +62,8 @@ function parseClipboardItemText(
  * @param {ClipboardSettings} [options]
  * @returns {Promise<Array<Blob>>}
  */
-export async function fromClipboard(options) {
+export async function fromNavigator(options) {
   const items = await navigator.clipboard.read();
-  console.log("items", items);
   return Promise.all(
     Array.from(items).map(async (item) => {
       const itemAllowedTypes = Array.from(item.types)
@@ -73,9 +77,10 @@ export async function fromClipboard(options) {
         const blob = await item.getType("text/plain");
         if (blob.size < maxParseableSize) {
           const text = await blob.text();
-          return parseClipboardItemText(text, options);
+          return parseText(text, options);
+        } else {
+          return blob;
         }
-        return blob;
       }
 
       const type = itemAllowedTypes.at(0);
@@ -105,9 +110,10 @@ export async function fromDataTransfer(dataTransfer, options) {
             const type = item.type;
             item.getAsString((text) => {
               if (type === "text/plain") {
-                return resolve(parseClipboardItemText(text, options));
+                return resolve(parseText(text, options));
+              } else {
+                return resolve(new Blob([text], { type }));
               }
-              return resolve(new Blob([text], { type }));
             });
           });
         }
@@ -119,9 +125,7 @@ export async function fromDataTransfer(dataTransfer, options) {
     .reduce((filtered, item) => {
       if (
         exclusiveTypes.includes(item.type) &&
-        filtered.find((filteredItem) =>
-          exclusiveTypes.includes(filteredItem.type),
-        )
+        filtered.find((filteredItem) => exclusiveTypes.includes(filteredItem.type))
       ) {
         return filtered;
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/dom.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/dom.cljs
index d8c50d61b1..2faa6cc1c0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/dom.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/dom.cljs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 (extend-type BrowserEvent
   cljs.core/IDeref
-  (-deref [it] (.getBrowserEvent it)))
+  (-deref [it] (.getBrowserEvent ^js it)))
 
 (declare get-window-size)
 
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@
   (when (some? el)
     (.-innerText el)))
 
+(defn is-content-editable?
+  [^js el]
+  (.-isContentEditable ^js el))
+
 (defn query
   ([^string selector]
    (query globals/document selector))