Multi-click to select code

Multi-click a code snippet to select everything in the code block.

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 or Violentmonkey 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!)

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// ==UserScript==
// @namespace   https://gitlab.com/kekumu
// @name        Multi-click to select code
// @description Multi-click a code snippet to select everything in the code block.
// @version     1.0.0
// ==OpenUserJS==
// @author      kekumu; https://gitlab.com/kekumu
// ==/OpenUserJS==
// @copyright   2020, kekumu (https://gitlab.com/kekumu)
// @license     GPL-3.0-or-later; https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
// @homepage    https://github.com/kekumu/userscripts/lib/click2select.js
// @supportURL  https://github.com/kekumu/userscripts/labels/click2select.js
// ==/UserLibrary==
// @include     *
// @grant       GM.getValue
// @grant       GM.setValue
// ==/UserScript==

(async () => {
  "use strict";

  const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {4: 'code', 5: 'pre'};

  let user_settings = await GM.getValue('settings');

  /*
   * Some extensions (e.g. Tampermonkey) hide the storage/values menu if
   * there's no data saved there. This will make it appear so that you can
   * edit the settings.
   */
  if (!user_settings) {
    GM.setValue('settings', {});
    user_settings = {};
  }

  const settings = Object.assign(DEFAULT_SETTINGS, user_settings);

  function clickHandler(num, selector) {
    return event => {
      if (event.detail === num) {
        let el = event.target.closest(selector);
        if (el) {
          window.getSelection().selectAllChildren(event.target.closest(selector));
          event.preventDefault();
        }
      }
    }
  }

  for (const prop in settings) {
    document.addEventListener('mousedown', clickHandler(Number(prop), settings[prop]));
  }

})();