How to use Copy Text Easily

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   Pin Copy Text Easily to your toolbar from the puzzle-piece menu.

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   Click the icon to open the popup, then switch on the Copy Text Easily toggle at the top.

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   Reload the page you want to copy from. Pages that were already open need one reload.

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   Pick a copy mode: Paragraphs, Sentences or Custom selection.

The clipboard icon at the bottom of the popup opens your clipboard on the current page.

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   Hover over any block of text. A dashed outline shows what will be copied, and a dark preview bubble shows the text.

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   Click once. The text is copied, and a small “Text copied” notification confirms it.

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   Paste it anywhere, or find it again in your clipboard.

Code blocks keep their line formatting. The notification reads “Formatted text copied”.

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   Choose Sentences in the popup.

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   Point at a sentence. The preview shows it with its position, such as “Sentence 2/5”, and follows your cursor.

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   Click to copy that sentence. The notification reads “Sentence 2 copied”.

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   Choose Custom selection in the popup.

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   Highlight any text with your mouse.

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   Let go. It's copied with no Ctrl+C, and the notification reads “Selected text copied”.

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   Hover the link or dropdown until the preview bubble appears.

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   Press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). The previewed text is copied, and the page never receives a click.

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   The copy is saved to your clipboard history, with the usual notification.

This needs On click set to Copy, in Paragraphs or Sentences mode. For a native dropdown, every option is copied.

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   In the popup, switch on Enable on Keypress.

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   Open the key picker under it. Choose any mix of Ctrl/Cmd, Shift and Alt/Opt (default: Shift + Alt), or set one custom key, like ` or a letter.

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   Now hovering does nothing until you hold your key. Hold it and click to copy.

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   In the popup, tick Click link to copy and choose text or url.

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   Click and hold a link for about half a second to copy it. A normal click still opens the link.

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   With Keypress mode on, hold your keys and click the link instead.

On X, a click copies a post's text without opening it. On Reddit, link copy can capture a post's title and description.

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   Open Settings → General and switch on Regex Pattern Filter.

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   Enter a pattern, such as \b\w+@\w+\.\w+\b for an email address or \d+ for numbers.

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   Click any text. The first match in that text is copied (“Pattern copied”), or you'll see “Pattern not found”.

It copies the first match in the text you click, not every match on the page. Patterns can start with inline flags, such as (?i).

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   Press Ctrl+Shift+H (Cmd+Shift+H on Mac), or click the clipboard icon in the popup.

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   Click an item to copy it again, or drag it straight into an input, text area or editor.

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   Star items to keep them under Favorites. Search, filter by site and date, and sort by Newest, Oldest or A → Z.

Turn on Show pinned clip button in Settings to keep a Clipboard tab at the edge of every page.

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   Open Settings → General and find Paste copied text.

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   Choose Middle mouse or Modifier + click, and pick the modifier key.

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   Click into a field with that button or key. Your newest clipboard item is pasted.

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   Open Settings → Clipboard and switch on Save every copied text to Clipboard history.

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   Set the Clipboard capture scope.

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   Copy anything the usual way. It shows up in your clipboard.

System-wide capture is opt-in. Copied text is stored locally on your device, and the newest 2,000 items are kept.

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   Switch off the main Copy Text Easily toggle in the popup.

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   On a site you want, switch on Enable for this site. You can also use the right-click menu or the Sites tab in Settings.

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   Now it runs there, and only where you choose.

With the main toggle on, the extension runs everywhere. The site list works as an allowlist.