copy-on-mouse-select

Name: copy-on-mouse-select
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Pascal Rigaux

By: Pascal Rigaux

On mouseup, send document.getSelection() to navigator.clipboard. It is only a 4 lines content_script!

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Features & Capabilities

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

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Pascal Rigaux

Daily users:

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

1.0.0 Last updated: 2025-01-27

Version code:

5882106

Creation date:

2025-01-27

Risk:

Permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*

Content scripts matches:

Size:

8.39KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-23

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 131,977 ▲ 2,263

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Developed by:

Pascal Rigaux

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-on-mouse-select/

Website:

https://github.com/prigaux/firefox-copy-on-select

Is copy-on-mouse-select Safe?

Risk impact

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copy-on-mouse-select requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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copy-on-mouse-select has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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