
copy-on-mouse-select by Pascal Rigaux
On mouseup, send document.getSelection() to navigator.clipboard. It is only a 4 lines content_script!
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On Linux (both Xorg and Wayland), selecting text with mouse or keyboard sends the selected text to PRIMARY selection.
This addon sends mouse selected text to regular clipboard:
> on mouseup, send document.getSelection() to navigator.clipboard.
It is only a 4 lines content_script!
* after install of module, you must reload any existing pages before selecting. Otherwise it will NOT work.
* do not test it on https://addons.mozilla.org/, it will not work
NB: this is mostly https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/copy-on-select/ with a github a link to see the source code!
NB: it does the same thing as VSCode https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dinhani.copy-on-select
This addon sends mouse selected text to regular clipboard:
> on mouseup, send document.getSelection() to navigator.clipboard.
It is only a 4 lines content_script!
* after install of module, you must reload any existing pages before selecting. Otherwise it will NOT work.
* do not test it on https://addons.mozilla.org/, it will not work
NB: this is mostly https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/copy-on-select/ with a github a link to see the source code!
NB: it does the same thing as VSCode https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dinhani.copy-on-select
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Size
- 8.39 KB
- Last updated
- 5 months ago (Jan 27, 2025)
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- MIT License
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