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Alt Click Copy

Alt click an HTML element on the page to copy it to your clipboard. Check the following resource to determine if you need to enable browser permissions for clipboard writing https://caniuse.com/mdn-api_clipboard_writetext

As of 2024-08-17. See the latest version.

// ==UserScript==
// @name                Alt Click Copy
// @namespace           http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version             0.1.0
// @description         Alt click an HTML element on the page to copy it to your clipboard. Check the following resource to determine if you need to enable browser permissions for clipboard writing https://caniuse.com/mdn-api_clipboard_writetext
// @author              mchpatr
// @match               *://*/*
// @icon                https://github.com/prmichaelsen/alt-click-copy/releases/download/alt-click-copy/save.icon.png
// @run-at              document-start
// ==/UserScript==
(() => {
  document.addEventListener("click", function(event){
    const clickedEl = event.target
    if (event.altKey && clickedEl && clickedEl.textContent) {
      event.preventDefault();
      event.stopPropagation();
      navigator.clipboard.writeText(clickedEl.textContent);
      return false;
    }
  });
})()