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// ==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.
// @author mchpatr
// @match *://*/*
// @icon https://github.com/prmichaelsen/alt-click-copy/releases/download/alt-click-copy/save.icon.png
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
// Check the following resource to determine if you need to enable browser permissions for clipboard writing https://caniuse.com/mdn-api_clipboard_writetext
(() => {
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;
}
});
})()
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