Universal Select: Copy, Paste & Right Click

Enable copy, paste & right click. Includes a smart context menu, text expander snippets, typing simulation & clipboard history.

Universal Select is a lightweight accessibility and productivity extension designed to enable copy, paste, text selection, and right-click on websites that disable or restrict them. It restores standard browser controls and keyboard shortcuts across restrictive forms, dynamic web apps, messaging platforms, and code editors. Instead of installing multiple separate utilities, Universal Select unites text selection unblocking, tracking-free clean link copying with redirect trampoline unwrapping, clipboard tools, automated human typing simulation, text snippet expansion, accessible smart context menus, and a local searchable clipboard history into a single, high-performance extension. Features • Text Selection Support: Re-enables standard cursor text selection and highlighting on web elements with custom non-selectable styling. • Keyboard Shortcut Support: Restores standard operating system shortcuts including Copy (Ctrl+C / Cmd+C), Cut (Ctrl+X / Cmd+X), Paste (Ctrl+V / Cmd+V), and Select All (Ctrl+A / Cmd+A). • International Keyboard Compatibility: Full hardware key-code detection ensures keyboard shortcuts work reliably across all operating systems and keyboard layouts (including macOS ISO UK and European layouts). • Form & Web App Compatibility: Restores standard paste behavior across web forms, authentication fields, modern rich-text editors, and web-based messaging platforms. • Copy Clean Link & Redirect Unwrapping (Pro): Automatically unwraps nested redirect trampolines, outbound link shims, and strips tracking query parameters (such as UTM tags, analytics click identifiers, and referral tokens) when copying links via context menu or Alt+Shift+L / ⌥⇧L shortcut — works with both mouse hover and keyboard focus. • Human Typing Simulation: Provides an automated sequential typing simulation feature that inputs clipboard text character by character with adjustable typing speed (WPM) for restricted inputs and exam fields requiring sequential key input. • Fully Accessible Smart Context Menu: Choose between the browser default menu or an integrated, theme-adaptive productivity menu with full keyboard navigation (arrow keys, Enter, and Escape) and unified single-breath screen reader announcements. • Context-Aware Link Actions: Right-clicking any link offers "Open in New Tab", "Open in New Window", "Copy Clean Link", and "Copy Link Address". • Page Navigation Controls: Right-clicking empty page space provides quick Back, Forward, and Reload controls. • Native Menu Shortcut: Hold Shift + Right-Click anywhere to instantly access Chrome's native context menu and Inspect elements. • Text Expander Snippets: Create custom text shortcuts (such as :sig or :email) that automatically expand into full phrases or templates inside text areas and editors. • Searchable Clipboard History: Access a local, searchable history of recently copied text directly in the page (Ctrl+Shift+H). • Silent Clipboard Integration: Utilizes an offscreen clipboard bridge to deliver uninterrupted copy and paste actions without intrusive browser permission dialogs. • Interface Element Cleanup: Dismisses obstructive floating layers, transparent overlays, and modal backdrops to improve page readability. • Text Formatting Tools: Copy structured tables and articles formatted directly into clean Markdown or TSV for note-taking and spreadsheets. • Text Sanitization: Optional settings to remove invisible zero-width formatting characters, normalize spacing, or format JSON upon pasting. • Multi-Tab Synchronization: Feature toggles and preferences immediately synchronize across all open tabs without requiring manual page reloads. • Full Screen Reader & WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA Support: Built with native keyboard tabstops, screen reader labels (VoiceOver/NVDA), dedicated real-time spoken live announcements for all shortcut actions, and macOS VoiceOver (VO+Shift+M) compatibility. • Broad Framework Compatibility: Built to function smoothly alongside Shadow DOM structures, nested frames, Single Page Applications, and in-browser code editors. Compatibility & Friendly Advice • Try 100% Free First: All core features (unblocking copy, paste, cut, select-all, and right-click) are completely free forever. Please test the free version on your target websites first before considering an upgrade! • Standard Web Compatibility: Works across 99% of HTML web forms, interactive inputs, rich web apps, and browser code editors. • Known Architecture Limitation: Like all DOM-level browser extensions, Universal Select cannot manipulate HTML5 Canvas-based document suites or internal chrome:// browser pages. What's New in Version 6.4.5 • Semantic Shortcuts Table: Upgraded the Control Center keyboard shortcuts reference into an accessible semantic table with column headers for screen readers. • VoiceOver Context Menu Polish: Eliminated duplicate help tag announcements in macOS VoiceOver and restored drawer button focus retention in the pop-up. • Redirect Trampoline Unwrapping (Copy Clean Link): Automatically detects and unwraps nested intermediate redirect links and outbound tracking shims across search portals, social networks, and messaging platforms down to the clean destination URL before stripping tracking query tags. • VoiceOver macOS Shortcut Compatibility: Fixed a shortcut conflict where macOS VoiceOver's context menu combination (VO + Shift + M / Ctrl + Option + Shift + M) was previously intercepted as a Shift-bypass. VoiceOver users can now open the accessible context menu seamlessly with keyboard commands. • Unified ARIA Screen Reader Announcements: Resolved the multi-part fragmented reading bug in the context menu. Every menu row is now announced cleanly in a single cohesive breath with unified aria-labels, while internal decorative icons and badges are hidden from screen readers via aria-hidden. • Real-Time Audio Feedback for Cut & Paste: Added dedicated assertive live announcements for "Cut", "Pasted", and "Pasted clean text", providing instant audio verification for screen reader users. • Dynamic Context Menu States: Copy, Cut, and Clean Markdown actions now gracefully show disabled states (aria-disabled="true") when no text is highlighted, and keyboard arrow navigation automatically skips inactive options. • Terminology Refresh: Formally updated "Stealth Typing" references across settings and documentation to "Human Typing Simulation". Privacy and Data Protection • Zero Data Collection: No user tracking, no analytics services, and no tracking pixels. • Local Execution: All features, link cleaning, text expansions, and clipboard tools execute locally on your computer. • No Registration: No account creation or personal details required to use the extension. • User-Initiated Actions: Clipboard access and text entry occur only when explicitly triggered by the user. • Configurable Scope: Configure settings globally or manage rules for specific website domains. Use Cases • Selecting and copying reference text from web documentation, technical articles, and educational materials. • Copying clean, tracking-free links from social media, newsletters, and marketing pages without redirect trampolines. • Pasting text and codes reliably across web forms, messaging platforms, and interactive web tools. • Automating data entry into structured input fields using typing simulation. • Expanding frequently used text templates, code snippets, and email responses with short triggers. • Searching and retrieving previously copied text using local clipboard history. • Accessing standard browser context menu options on pages with custom right-click handlers. Universal Select supports a more accessible, consistent, and productive web browsing experience while ensuring your browsing activity remains entirely private and on your device.