Text Copier

Copy text automatically when you select it

Text Copier turns every selection into a copy. Select text on a web page the way you always do and it is already on the clipboard — no Ctrl+C, no right-click, no menu. A small “Copied” bubble next to the cursor tells you it worked.

It copies whatever way you select text:

• Drag over words, lines or whole paragraphs.
• Double-click a word or triple-click a paragraph.
• Shift + arrow keys or Ctrl+A on the keyboard.

It works on any website, inside embedded frames and on plain http pages, and it starts on the tabs you already have open — no need to reload them after installing.

Faster than Ctrl+C

Copying a phone number, an order ID or a quote usually takes three steps: select, Ctrl+C or right-click, then paste. With Text Copier it takes two — select, paste. For people who copy dozens of short pieces a day, that is the quickest way to copy text in Chrome:

• Students and researchers collecting quotes and references.
• Support and sales teams copying order numbers, names and e-mail addresses.
• Developers grabbing IDs, commands and error messages.
• Shoppers comparing product names, prices and codes.

Prefer to decide yourself? Under “When you select text” in the side panel, choose “Show a Copy button”: a small button appears next to each selection and copies it in one click.

Paste with the middle mouse button

Text Copier makes pasting just as quick. Click the middle mouse button (the wheel) in any text box — a search field, a form, a chat or an e-mail — and your last copy is pasted there. Select on one page, middle-click on another: copy and paste without the keyboard.

Password fields are left alone. On Linux the system itself already pastes with the middle button, so the extension leaves that to the system. You can switch middle-click paste off in Settings.

Recent copies: find what you copied

Copied something and then copied over it? Click the Text Copier icon or press Alt+Shift+V: the side panel opens with your last 200 copies, newest on top, and new copies appear there as you select.

• Click a copy to put it back on the clipboard.
• Search the list by any word.
• Pin what you need often — pinned copies stay at the top and are never pushed out.
• Delete one copy or clear the list.

The list is kept only on this computer, copies made in incognito windows are not saved, and you can turn it off in Settings. For a full clipboard history with favorites and text shortcuts, use Clipboard Tool.

Turn it off everywhere or on one site

Text Copier stays out of your way:

• Not inside text boxes. Selecting a word in a form to replace it does not overwrite your clipboard (you can turn this on in Settings).
• No repeat copies. Clicking a button while text is still selected does not copy it again.
• Short selections are ignored — by default anything under 2 characters.
• Pause everywhere with Alt+Shift+C or the main switch in the side panel.
• Turn it off on one site with the site switch; the icon shows OFF there.

Copy text on sites that block selection

Some websites switch off selecting, Ctrl+C or the right-click menu. Open the side panel on such a site and turn on “Unlock copy protection on this site”: you can select and copy the text again. The setting is remembered for that site only, and you can remove it in Settings at any time. For pages with heavier protection, use Highlight and Copy Protected Text.

Clean text, formatting and the page link

In Settings you choose what lands on the clipboard:

• Clean up copied text (on by default) — removes invisible characters, extra spaces and blank lines.
• Keep formatting — bold, links and lists stay when you paste into Google Docs, Word or an e-mail.
• Add the page link — puts “Source: address” under the copied text, handy for quotes and research.

Where it doesn't work

• Google Docs and Google Sheets draw their text themselves, so no extension sees the selection — select and press Ctrl+C there.
• Chrome's PDF viewer and Chrome's own pages (chrome://…, the Chrome Web Store) are closed to extensions.
• Text in images cannot be selected — use Image Text to Text.

The side panel tells you when you are on such a page.

Keyboard shortcuts

Change the shortcuts on the chrome://extensions/shortcuts page.

Private by design

Text Copier works entirely inside your browser. What you copy is not sent to Cresotech or anyone else, there are no ads and no account. Your settings and recent copies stay in Chrome on this computer and are deleted with the extension. Details: Is Text Copier safe? and the privacy policy.

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