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How do websites block selecting text and how do I unblock that?
There's a website (example) that somehow blocks selecting text. Also it blocks Ctrl+A to select everything, there is also no “Copy” in the popup menu.
What I have tried:
Some sites use JavaScript to ...
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How can I copy text from a web page where it been has disabled?
I use FF27 with noscript, but solutions for Chrome are also welcome.
I use online chat for customer support when available, and I'd like to keep the chat transcript in case of a dispute with the ...
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Is there any way to block javascript pop-overs in Firefox or Chrome? [duplicate]
Like the kind pointed to in this image
Many sites have these, and I find them highly annoying. Often you'll be reading an article and suddenly the pop-over blanks out the page and asks "WOULDN'T YOU ...
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Advertisement suddenly appearing on top of almost every page
Since this morning strange advertisement is appearing on top of many pages I open in webbrowser (see screenshot at the end). It's happening in any browser (tested FF, IE and Chrome), on any of three ...
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Modify URL using Javascript bookmarklet
Very new to Javascript but this seems to be a relatively easy task...
I want to modify a URL using a Javascript bookmarklet for Chrome, etc. Here's what I need to change it from to:
Original URL: ...
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How to disable a portion of JavaScript on a website
I'm trying to disable smooth scrolling. I tried a bunch of JavaScript in Tampermonkey. It worked on some sites, some don't and some disable scrolling altogether, which leads me to believe that there's ...
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Disable Google Search page's arrows besides results when scrolling up/down using keyboard
The blue arrow (marked in the figure above) hijacks the UP and DOWN in the keyboard and causes the page to jump on each result instead of scrolling smoothly. This page says that it has been bundled ...
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Complex JavaScript page to test browsers performance?
I have three different browsers I want to compare: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari.
I don't need very sophisticated mechanism; it can simply open a webpage and render.
I tried Gmail, ...
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Can CORS be selectively disabled for the empty browser tab?
I'd like to play with the JavaScript fetch API, fetching various urls, etc. so I opened an empty browser tab, popped up the console, typed the JavaScript, but the request failed because of CORS.
I ...
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lock browser to troubleshoot javascript and css
Let's say I created some tooltip which displays a popup when the cursor is placed over a given part of the page, and removes it when I move the mouse. For an example, see http://jsbin.com/aCoboQo/1 ...
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What's the option to view changes in the DOM inspector in Chrome?
I think I saw that Chrome has done this before or maybe I set the settings off. In Firefox with Firebug installed, the DOM inspector will make me see what the changes happened in scripts manipulating ...
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Can FindProxyForURL() discern the HTTP-method of the request?
I'd like my FindProxyForURL() to recommend a different proxy depending on the HTTP-method of the request -- GET, POST, or PUT.
For example, the GETs can be routed through a caching proxy, whereas the ...
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How to proxy an url
I want to do some local debugging of local javascript files instead of production javascripts.
But I am getting all kinds of CORS blocking , What I need is
if I open something like ...
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Is it possible to save browser tab, including javascript variables, content of form fields, cookies, etc. for offline viewing later?
I'm trying to save a state of card in browser (preferably firefox or chrome). Is it possible? Something like snapshot in VirtualBox.
Let's say I'm using javascript app that doesn't have save feature ...
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Strange browser time behavior in Chrome on a MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra
Since time and time zones can be a little confusing, to begin with, I have stumbled onto something truly bizarre in regards to JavaScript and macOS High Sierra time.
While trying to figure out ...
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