Qotter Copy & Show by Sebastian Neuhaus
Shows quotations from webpages. Converts a text selection into a link (RMB or CTRL+ALT+C). Puts it into the clipboard so it may be pasted e.g. into an email. Uses these links to open the according pages and highlight the selected contents.
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About this extension
If someone wanted to show to you a text on a webpage, he would have sent a link and told you to press CTRL+F and enter a certain text.
Qotter Copy&Show lets you
You have selected some text on a webpage. Now you turn this selection into a link by
If you click on such a link with the addon installed, the browser will open the according page and select the exact passage you had selected initially.
Because these links tend to be very long, with the RMB you can select the function "Create HTML Link". In a html document such a link will be displayed much prettier, for example:
en.wikipedia: Highlighters are a...
This web extension uses an idea by Gervase Markham.
Qotter Copy&Show lets you
- select some text on a webpage and send this selection to someone.
- Open the according webpage and get the selection highlighted automatically.
You have selected some text on a webpage. Now you turn this selection into a link by
- pressing CTRL+ALT+C or
- clicking the symbol with the yellow highlight or
- a right mouse button click that opens the context menu and selecting "Create Copy & Show Link".
If you click on such a link with the addon installed, the browser will open the according page and select the exact passage you had selected initially.
Because these links tend to be very long, with the RMB you can select the function "Create HTML Link". In a html document such a link will be displayed much prettier, for example:
en.wikipedia: Highlighters are a...
This web extension uses an idea by Gervase Markham.
Developer comments
Known Issues:
- Doesn't work on "addons.mozilla.org". This is because AMO is a software distibution site that has special security demands.
- Doesn't copy separate texts, e.g. in lists. This is due to the browsers search function, which doesn't neither.
- Doesn't work in pdf documents.
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This add-on needs to:
- Input data to the clipboard
- Access your data for all websites
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- Version
- 1.3resigned1
- Size
- 21.01 KB
- Last updated
- 5 months ago (Apr 25, 2024)
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- License
- Mozilla Public License 2.0
- Version History
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