enable-selection

Enable Selection in some websites which block selection by mouse to open context menu and copy. This small (only ~20 lines of…

What is enable-selection?

'Enable-Selection' is a minimalistic Chrome extension, efficient at enabling mouse text selection and copying in websites that block such actions. Working in a broad range of sites, it restores basic browser functionalities that are obscured by specific webpage scripts. Ideal for sites with loading delays, this tool either waits till loading completion or activates with Esc key input.

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By: limkokhole

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.05 (21)

Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2019-01-11)

Creation date: 2019-01-07

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 12.14K

Email: li*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 17938 ▼ 157

Other rankings

#4338 in Accessibility ▼ 1 #5 in selection keyword 26 ▲ 1 #191 in loading keyword 20 ▲ 9

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Extension summary

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Enable Selection in some websites which block selection by mouse to open context menu and copy.

This small (only ~20 lines of code) extension performs basic anti-anti-selection when website blocking selection to copy and open context menu.

Example of working websites are: [1] https://cn.cari.com.my [2] http://chinapress.com.my [3] http://sinchew.com.my [4] http://guangming.com.my [5] http://www.enanyang.my [6] http://dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/noright.htm [7] https://www.zhihu.com [8] https://www.qidian.com

Tip: This extension might no effect If the web page still loading, in that, case, either wait for the page loaded OR press "Esc" key to stop loading immediately.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works effectively for enabling text selection on restricted sites.
Good performance compared to other similar extensions.
User-friendly and easy to install.
Helpful for specific site functions.

Cons

Disables custom right-click menus on various websites.
Causes functionality issues on some sites like Google Sheets and Peertube.
Requires jQuery to function properly; won't work on sites that don’t use it.
No option to disable the extension for specific sites.

Most mentioned

Disables right-click context menus.
Works well for enabling selection on restricted sites.
Causes issues on certain websites like Google Sheets and Yandex mail.

Recent reviews

It's working, so I am glad.

Vineet Kishore, 2024-05-05

Very good extension for sites which needs it. Except that it brokes peertube's context menu on any peertube instance (just 'regular' browser context menu is shown) and there is no way to disable extension for specific sites.