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YouTube Transcript Select All

Adds one icon to the YouTube transcript panel. Click it and everything in the transcript is selected so you can copy it instantly.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

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You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         YouTube Transcript Select All
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.0
// @description  Adds one icon to the YouTube transcript panel. Click it and everything in the transcript is selected so you can copy it instantly.
// @author       echoZ
// @license      MIT
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/watch*
// @grant        none
// @run-at       document-idle
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    'use strict';

    const BTN_ID = 'yt-ts-selectall-btn';

    const PANEL_IDS = [
        'PAmodern_transcript_view',
        'engagement-panel-searchable-transcript'
    ];

    function findPanel() {
        for (const id of PANEL_IDS) {
            const p = document.querySelector(`ytd-engagement-panel-section-list-renderer[target-id="${id}"]`);
            if (p && p.offsetParent !== null) return p;
        }
        return null;
    }

    function selectAllTranscript() {
        const panel = findPanel();
        if (!panel) { alert('Open the transcript panel first.'); return; }

        const container =
            panel.querySelector('#segments-container') ||
            panel.querySelector('ytd-transcript-segment-list-renderer') ||
            panel.querySelector('[class*="transcript-segment"]')?.parentElement ||
            panel;

        const range = document.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(container);
        const sel = window.getSelection();
        sel.removeAllRanges();
        sel.addRange(range);
    }

    function injectButton() {
        if (document.getElementById(BTN_ID)) return;
        const panel = findPanel();
        if (!panel) return;

        const anchor =
            panel.querySelector('#action-buttons') ||
            panel.querySelector('#menu') ||
            panel.querySelector('ytd-engagement-panel-title-header-renderer');
        if (!anchor) return;

        const btn = document.createElement('button');
        btn.id = BTN_ID;
        btn.title = 'Select all transcript text';
        btn.style.cssText = `
            background: transparent;
            border: none;
            cursor: pointer;
            padding: 8px;
            border-radius: 50%;
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: center;
            color: var(--yt-spec-text-primary, #fff);
            transition: background 0.2s;
            margin-right: 4px;
        `;
        btn.onmouseenter = () => btn.style.background = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.1)';
        btn.onmouseleave = () => btn.style.background = 'transparent';

        const svg = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
        svg.setAttribute('viewBox', '0 0 24 24');
        svg.setAttribute('width', '24');
        svg.setAttribute('height', '24');
        svg.style.cssText = 'fill:currentColor;pointer-events:none;';

        const path = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'path');
        path.setAttribute('d', 'M3 5h2V3a2 2 0 0 0-2 2zm0 8h2v-2H3v2zm4 8h2v-2H7v2zM3 9h2V7H3v2zm10-6h-2v2h2V3zm6 0v2h2a2 2 0 0 0-2-2zM5 21v-2H3a2 2 0 0 0 2 2zm-2-4h2v-2H3v2zM9 3H7v2h2V3zm2 18h2v-2h-2v2zm8-8h2v-2h-2v2zm0 8a2 2 0 0 0 2-2h-2v2zm0-12h2V7h-2v2zm0 8h2v-2h-2v2zm-4 4h2v-2h-2v2zm0-16h2V3h-2v2zM7 17h10V7H7v10z');
        svg.appendChild(path);
        btn.appendChild(svg);

        btn.onclick = (e) => {
            e.stopPropagation();
            selectAllTranscript();
            btn.style.background = 'rgba(0,200,80,0.25)';
            setTimeout(() => btn.style.background = 'transparent', 800);
        };

        anchor.prepend(btn);
    }

    let lastUrl = location.href;
    new MutationObserver(() => {
        if (location.href !== lastUrl) {
            lastUrl = location.href;
            document.getElementById(BTN_ID)?.remove();
        }
        injectButton();
    }).observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

})();