# Copy on Select Quick Button

> Shows a small Copy button near your selected text, click to copy to the clipboard.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy-on-select-quick-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** behzad
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 12
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-16
- **First published:** 2025-08-11
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-on-select-quick-button/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Behzad9/Copy-on-Select](https://github.com/Behzad9/Copy-on-Select)

## Description

This Add-on, adds a small Copy button when you select text, click once to copy the selection to the clipboard. No data collection, no ads.

<strong>How it works</strong>
- Select text with the mouse, on mouseup the Copy button appears near the cursor
- Double click a word, the button appears at the cursor
- Keyboard selection also works, the button appears near the selection
- One click copies, there is no extra dialog

<strong>What this add on does not do</strong>
- No ads, no trackers, no analytics
- No remote code, no network requests
- No background scripts, no storage

<strong>Notes</strong>
This extension runs a small content script on pages you visit. It reads only the current selection text so it can copy it to clipboard.

<strong>Permissions</strong>
-clipboardWrite, used to copy the selected text into the clipboard when the user clicks the Copy button.

## Rankings

- #30,739 — Overall
- #165 — quick
- #178 — selection

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardWrite`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## 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/copy-on-select-quick-button)