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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
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1.0.0
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8.39 KB
Last updated
9 months ago (Jan 27, 2025)
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