Adds a small copy button to the top right corner of all code blocks on Stack Overflow making the copying process a breeze
Ekde
// ==UserScript==
// @name Stack Overflow Code Copy
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 1.1
// @description Adds a small copy button to the top right corner of all code blocks on Stack Overflow making the copying process a breeze
// @match https://stackoverflow.com/questions/*
// @grant none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
/*
Update Notes:
v1.1 - Adjusted button positioning to ensure it stays at the top right corner of the code box, even with horizontal scrolling due to long lines of code.
v1.0 - Initial release which added a copy button to code blocks.
*/
(function() {
'use strict';
function addCopyButton(codeBlock) {
const button = document.createElement('button');
button.innerHTML = 'Copy';
button.style.position = 'absolute';
button.style.top = '5px';
button.style.right = '5px';
button.style.zIndex = '10'; // Ensure the button stays on top
button.onclick = function() {
const code = codeBlock.querySelector('code').innerText;
navigator.clipboard.writeText(code);
};
const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
wrapper.style.position = 'relative';
codeBlock.style.position = 'relative';
wrapper.appendChild(codeBlock.cloneNode(true));
codeBlock.parentNode.replaceChild(wrapper, codeBlock);
wrapper.appendChild(button);
}
const codeBlocks = document.querySelectorAll('pre');
codeBlocks.forEach(addCopyButton);
})();