Enable Selection

Unblock and Enable Selection in some websites which block selection by mouse to open context menu and copy.

Total ratings

4.02 (Rating count: 43)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Enables text selection on websites that restrict it
  • Easy to use and simple functionality
  • Works on most sites without needing to reload
  • Helpful for tasks like writing reports and creating flashcards
  • Doesn't create an icon in the toolbar, saving space
Cons
  • Causes issues with certain websites, including Google Calendar and Google Docs
  • Breaks functionality on pages with complex JavaScript, like Inoreader, Canva, and Miro
  • No whitelist/blacklist feature, requiring manual toggling
  • Some users experience jQuery-related errors
  • May override beneficial site-specific context menus
Most mentioned
  • Works as described but can break other functionalities
  • Lacks toggle options for customization
  • Useful for circumventing text selection limitations
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Recent reviews

Recent rating average: 4.70
All time rating average: 4.02
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Date Author Rating Comment
2024-09-14 mmortal03 Causes Google Calendar to throw the error, "Calendar could not load the data. Please try reloading later."
2024-09-01 Firefox user 18576727
2024-08-10 堕天使龙龙 god
2024-07-10 Firefox user 13256199 It works!
2024-05-01 Firefox user 18395701
2023-11-28 Vivek Chaudhary
2023-05-18 Trard
2023-03-11 WildernessFamily Works for me. I needed for a site so that I could select some text for Joplin for a report I was writing.
2023-03-02 Thany Full marks. Best extension ever. Simple, does what it says on the tin. Just takes away that annoying little annoyance that some websites feel they need to do.
2022-12-27 翻墙部落 欢迎光临翻墙部落! 打开天窗,听听外面的声音! 穿越迷雾,寻找人生真谛! https://github.com/osurf/jzdy/blob/master/README.md?
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