# Text Grabber

> Selects a configurable element from a web page and copies its text to the clipboard.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/text-grabber](https://chrome-stats.com/d/text-grabber)

## Overview

- **ID:** `text-grabber`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Robert Strauch
- **Daily users:** 122
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-05-28
- **Size:** 75 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-03-01
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/text-grabber/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/straurob/text-grabber](https://github.com/straurob/text-grabber)

## Description

Text Grabber is a Firefox add-on that allows you to select a configurable text element on a web page and copy its content to the clipboard. Compatible with Mozilla WebExtensions API and Chrome.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `notifications`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/text-grabber)