About this extension

Copy PlainText is a tiny extension that removes the formatting from the selection before copying/pasting to/from the Clipboard.

Note: None of my extensions contain any tracking, advertising or privacy infringement.

Features

Removes the formatting from the selection before saving to the Clipboard
(Firefox restricts some functions on some URLs.)
Removes the spaces from the start and end of the selection
Removes multiple spaces
2 Keyboard Shortcuts: F7 and original Ctrl+Shift+F7
Custom Keyboard Shortcut
Paste PlainText
Option to remove line indents
Help Guide included in Options page

Apple/Mac Users: if the shortcut keys do not work, try System Preferences - Keyboard - then check “Use all F1,F2, etc. keys as standard function keys."

Note: WebExtension API does not allow setting Copy PlainText as the default copy function of the browser at the moment.

Permissions Explanation:

Get data from the clipboard: Used to Paste Clipboard text
Input data to the clipboard: Used to Copy to Clipboard
Display notifications to you: Used to inform users

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Release notes for 1.12

Fixed keyboard shortcut getting text from iframe
Updated Paste function
Removed "Custom Keyboard Shortcut" setting since Firefox (66+) also provides the feature
Removed second keyboard shortcut
Added paste keyboard shortcut option
Added Toolbar icon to access Options page
Added Locale Maker

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