# Copy on Select

> Select some text and it will be instantly copied to the clipboard! Paste it with one click!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-copy-on-select](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-copy-on-select)

## Overview

- **ID:** `auto-copy-on-select`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** micpob
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 113
- **Weekly downloads:** 12
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-14
- **First published:** 2025-11-04
- **Size:** 1.23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-copy-on-select/)

## Description

Select some text and it will be instantly copied to the clipboard! Paste it with one click!

🟢Select any text in a web page and it will be automatically copied to the clipboard (hold Ctrl to bypass, ⌘ on Mac). 

🟢You can also quickly paste the copied text by clicking on the mouse wheel, or by double clicking the left mouse button while keeping the Ctrl key pressed (⌘ on Mac).

🟢If you keep the Shift key ⬆ pressed while pasting, the field into which you are pasting will be emptied of all already existing text before pasting.

🟢Bypass the auto copy functionality in input fields (needs to be activated in the options page)

🟢Automatically add text before or after the copied text (needs to be activated in the options page)

🟢Automatically add the webpage URL to the copied text (needs to be activated in the options page)

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🚨IMPORTANT🚨: please reload Firefox after installing the extension, in order to activate it.
<ul><li>Click on the extension button to turn the extension on/off.</li><li>Right click on the button to open the options page or the user guide.</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #11,109 — Overall
- #54 — selection
- #68 — sell

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-copy-on-select)