Many of you asked for a way to extract text from Google Docs, PDFs, and other sites that display text as images. We listened!

WHAT'S NEW:
• Click the new "Start OCR" button in the popup
• Draw a rectangle around any text on the screen
• The extension will recognize and copy the text automatically
• Works on images, PDFs, scanned documents, and protected content

HOW TO USE:
1. Open the popup and click "Start OCR"
2. Drag to select the area containing text
3. Wait a few seconds for recognition
4. Text is automatically copied to your clipboard!

ADDING MORE LANGUAGES:
• English is included by default
• Want to recognize Russian, Chinese, or other languages?
• Go to Options → OCR Languages
• Download the language file (.traineddata.gz) from tesseract-ocr
• Click "Upload Language File" and select your file
• That's it! Select your languages and start scanning

PERFECT FOR:
✓ Extracting text from Google Docs you can view but not copy
✓ Scanning text from screenshots and images
✓ Copying from PDF documents displayed as images
✓ Getting text from protected e-books or articles

All existing copy/paste features remain unchanged and fully functional!


Changelog

[2.0.0] - 2025-04-13

This is a major update introducing operational modes, a whitelist, and significant internal improvements.

Added

Standard Mode: The new default mode. Uses CSS overrides (user-select, pointer-events) and capture-phase event listeners (copy, cut, contextmenu, selectstart, mousedown) to enable copying. Designed for broad compatibility with minimal site interference.

Force Mode:An aggressive mode for stubborn websites. Includes all Standard Mode features PLUS an override of EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener within the content script to block sites from adding new restrictive listeners. Warning: This mode is risky and may break website functionality.

Whitelist Functionality: Users can now disable the extension on specific domains.
Added an "Disable on this site" button to the popup for quick whitelisting.
Created a dedicated 'Options Page' for viewing, adding, and removing domains from the whitelist.

Popup UI Overhaul:
Clear button to toggle the global enabled/disabled state.
Button to switch between Standard and Force modes for the active tab.
Buttons for quick whitelisting and accessing the Options page.
Status indicators for whitelisted sites or incompatible pages.
Detailed logging for debugging purposes (primarily in development builds).

Changed

Core Logic: Reworked the internal state management and communication between background, popup, and content scripts for better reliability.

Manifest V3:Migrated the extension to Manifest Version 3.
Default Behavior: The extension now defaults to Standard Mode when enabled on a non-whitelisted page. Force Mode must be explicitly activated.
Popup Interaction: The popup now queries the background script for the authoritative state of the current tab on opening.

Fixed

State Restoration (Standard Mode): Disabling the extension (or switching modes) now attempts to properly restore original element attributes (oncopy, etc.) and inline styles (user-select: none) that were modified by the extension in Standard Mode.
Badge UpdatesImproved reliability of the extension icon badge updating based on the current tab's state (ON, OFF, F).
Handled edge cases related to browser-specific pages (about:, chrome://, etc.) where the content script shouldn't run or modify state.