how to prevent firefox for hovering-follow links?
Is it any extension that enable treating links as normal objects? I'm tired of searching for a minimal space inside a webpage to make focus on it or to copy a link name.
I want to make focus easy on all the page and select whatever, no mater if seletion start in midle of a link.
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Of course I would need a keyboard shortcut and a button to make this to work.
There were several Legacy add-ons that would work. Copy As Plain Text and Link Toggler
But they are not compatible with Quantum Firefox.
See if you can find replacements at the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here).
FredMcD said
There were several Legacy add-ons that would work. Copy As Plain Text and Link Toggler But they are not compatible with Quantum Firefox. See if you can find replacements at the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here).
Nothing there on a blink. Is it even an api function for that?
I don't know whether this works on Linux, but I recently learned that on Windows:
Holding down the Alt key while making a selection of or in a link prevents the link from navigating away to a new page.
Edit: to avoid triggering any scripts, make sure your "mouseup" -- lifting your finger off the left mouse button -- occurs after the link.
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lazyturtle said
Of course I would need a keyboard shortcut and a button to make this to work.
Sorry, I missed this. Why not the mouse?
If you press the Tab key in a page, it often will move the selection from link to link, or among links and form controls. Is that helpful? Then to create a selection, hold down Shift with the navigation keys (e.g., right-arrow, End, etc.).
Edit: Shift is the key you hold down on Windows; not sure about Linux.
Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
If you want to use the keyboard then you probably need to enable caret browsing (F7) to make it possible to navigate the page with the cursors keys.