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Handling exceptions for writeText()
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Description
I'm unable to handle exception while a coping text to a clipboard idiomatically. Maybe it's not the only place for such behavior but it's the only one I've found.
I'm using qutebrowser and I've blocked programmatic access to a clipboard for websites.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to block access the same way for other browses =\
**Use case**: I want to show a notification that user has successfully copied text to the clipboard or if there is an error. To do so I have to handle exception that writeText() might throw.
I expect the following code to work:
```html
Copy
--
```
Output shows **Success** and console logs `Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: Write permission denied.`. `catch` doesn't seem to work.
There is another way to catch exceptions for an element (`on exception`):
```html
Copy
--
```
The same result: output shows **Success** and console logs `Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: Write permission denied.`.
Feels like exception isn't related to the element in any way.
## Sanity check
Just to make sure that exceptions are catchable:
```html
Copy
--
```
Shows **Error: I am thrown manually** in output and console is clean.
```html
Copy
--
```
This one is interesting. It shows **Error:** in output and picrelated in console

## Workaround
I've managed to get it working by calling writeText() in a more traditional way:
```html
Copy
--
```
Output has **Error: NotAllowedError: Write permission denied.** and a clean console.
```html
Copy
--
```
This one behaves the same way it does in sanity check. In catches the exception but error is empty while console has the following:

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