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Enable copy and paste in a webpage from the browser console
javascript:(function(){
  allowCopyAndPaste = function(e){
  e.stopImmediatePropagation();
  return true;
  };
  document.addEventListener('copy', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('paste', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('onpaste', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
})(); 
@StephanieSunshine
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Thanks, any chance you can fix the thing that breaks reader mode with the W. W. Norton books too?

@Musab-Hassan
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Musab-Hassan commented May 14, 2023

This does not seem to work for Mcgraw Hill books, I modified it for anybody struggling with copy pasting from there. Here's a modified version.

javascript:(function(){
  allowCopyAndPaste = (e) => {
  e.stopImmediatePropagation();
  return true;
  };
  
  document.addEventListener('copy', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('paste', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('onpaste', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('mousedown', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('mouseup', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('selectstart', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
  document.addEventListener('selectionchange', allowCopyAndPaste, true);
})();

You probably will have to refresh your page after copying as this can potentially break certain buttons and links.

@StephanieSunshine
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I finally got a chance to test this with one of the W.W. Norton books, it doesn't seem to work.n When you highlight something it has a popup dialog that tries to hijack your clipboard.

@agarzon
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agarzon commented Jan 31, 2024

Does not work in some bank websites

@yacanka
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yacanka commented Feb 13, 2024

Thanks.

@emarashliev
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Awesome! Thank you!

@CristianCazares
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Thanks.

@Jxnatan7
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Thanks.

@cookieukw
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Thanks

@gurpreetsingh2007
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Thanks

@pedrolucasdsc
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Thanks

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