To reproduce run following code, copy some string to clipboard and press button "paste from clipboard", see console output.



import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.input.Clipboard;
import javafx.scene.input.DataFormat;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

/**
 *
 * @author Andrey Nazarov
 */
public class NativeClipboard extends Application {

    VBox contentSrc;
    

    public static void main(String[] args) {
       launch(null);
    }

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
        stage.setScene(new Scene(contentSrc = new VBox(20), 500, 500));
        
        final Button source;
        
        contentSrc.getChildren().addAll(source = new Button("Paste from clipboard"));
        final VBox output;
        contentSrc.getChildren().addAll(output = new VBox());
        
       source.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {

            @Override
            public void handle(ActionEvent t) {
                output.getChildren().clear();
                Clipboard cb = Clipboard.getSystemClipboard();
                    output.getChildren().add(new Text("Data formats:"));
                for(DataFormat type:cb.getContentTypes()){
                    output.getChildren().add(new Text(type.toString()));
                }
                if(cb.hasString()){
                    String str=cb.getString();
                    System.err.println("###STRING: "+str);
// output.getChildren().add(new Label("PLAIN_TEXT:"+cb.getString()));
                }
                if(cb.hasUrl()){
                    System.err.println("###URL: "+cb.getUrl());
// output.getChildren().add(new Text("URL:"+cb.getUrl()));
                }
                if(cb.hasRtf()){
                    System.err.println("###RTF: "+cb.getRtf());
// output.getChildren().add(new Text("RTF:"+cb.getRtf()));
                }
                if(cb.hasHtml()){
                    System.err.println("###HTML: "+cb.getHtml());
// output.getChildren().add(new Text("HTML:"+cb.getHtml()));
                }
                if(cb.hasImage()){
                    System.err.println("###Image: "+cb.getImage());
                    output.getChildren().add(new Text("Image:"));
                    output.getChildren().add(new ImageView(cb.getImage()));
                }
                
            }
        });
        
        
        stage.show();
        
    }
}