Universal Text Force-Select

Completely overrides selection blocks and link-dragging to allow text selection everywhere.

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.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

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

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

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

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Universal Text Force-Select
// @version     2.1
// @author      Dunamis
// @namespace   https://dunamiss.xyz
// @license     MIT
// @description Completely overrides selection blocks and link-dragging to allow text selection everywhere.
// @match       *://*/*
// @grant       GM_addStyle
// @run-at      document-start
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Force the browser to treat all text as selectable via CSS
    const css = `
        * {
            -webkit-user-select: text !important;
            -moz-user-select: text !important;
            -ms-user-select: text !important;
            user-select: text !important;
        }
        a {
            cursor: text !important;
        }
    `;

    // Inject CSS as early as possible
    if (typeof GM_addStyle !== 'undefined') {
        GM_addStyle(css);
    } else {
        const style = document.createElement('style');
        style.textContent = css;
        document.head.appendChild(style);
    }

    let isSelecting = false;
    let startX, startY;

    // Stop sites from "grabbing" the link to drag it as an icon
    document.addEventListener('dragstart', (e) => {
        e.preventDefault();
        return false;
    }, true);

    document.addEventListener('mousedown', (e) => {
        if (e.button === 0) { // Left click only
            startX = e.pageX;
            startY = e.pageY;
            isSelecting = false;
        }
    }, true);

    document.addEventListener('mousemove', (e) => {
        if (startX !== undefined) {
            const moveX = Math.abs(e.pageX - startX);
            const moveY = Math.abs(e.pageY - startY);
            if (moveX > 4 || moveY > 4) {
                isSelecting = true;
            }
        }
    }, true);

    document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
        if (isSelecting) {
            // If the user was highlighting text, don't follow the link
            const target = e.target.closest('a');
            if (target) {
                e.preventDefault();
                e.stopImmediatePropagation();
            }
        }
        // Reset for next click
        startX = undefined;
        isSelecting = false;
    }, true);

})();