Copy as Plain Text

I'm sorry that it is not working at jsbin.com. I tested it and you are right, it is not working in the Output box. But it works with the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Console boxes. I'm not sure why the Output box is blocking the extension. However, if you click on the "Live Preview" button ↗ at the top right corner of the Output box then it works on that screen.

Thank you for the review and the feedback!

Hi John, That website pdf works fine with the extension in Chrome but you have to use the right-click context menu with pdf files. Highlight the text and then RIGHT-click on the text and click on Copy as Plain Text > Copy as Plain Text. It is a layered menu so make sure you click on the second "Copy as Plain Text. If that doesn't work then it seems like your Chrome may have been changed to not use the default Chrome pdf viewer. You might need to go to chrome://extensions/ in the browser and disable all other extensions and then restart the computer and try again.

Hello, Are you able to provide a link to the pdf file? Unfortunately, because of multiple security policies and different ways of doing pdf files on the Internet pdf files are difficult and sometimes impossible to program for copying plain text. If the pdf file opens in Chrome's default pdf viewer then the extension is not allowed to read the data directly. But Chrome does allow the highlighted text to be sent to the extension using the right-click context menu: Copy as Plain Text > Copy as Plain Text. (It is a layered menu so make sure you click on the second option) Unfortunately, the method allowed by Chrome will not copy carriage returns. In other cases, the PDF viewer used or the PDF file may have a security policy that doesn't even allow the right-click context menu to read any data. If that is the case, and the pdf allows copying of rich text, then an option is the in-app purchase for the button in the pop-up called "Convert Clipboard to Plain Text".

It is working on Facebook for me. Have you tried restarting your computer. How are you using it? Are you highlighting the text on Facebook and then right clicking on the text and then left clicking on "Copy as Plain Text..."?