Question:
Is it possible to write a Greasemonkey script to trigger the Ctrl+A (select all) action in Firefox? (after a new page is loaded if the script is enabled???)
Help me at any level possible for you.
Update:
"Firefox has got addons to speed read or read aloud selected text. I just wish to automate the part where text is to be selected."
Solution:1
var r = document.createRange() r.selectNode(document.body) window.getSelection().addRange(r) I tried creating a new Greasemonkey script, typing the above code (which I grabbed and edited from this page), and loading a page.
It did select all the text, but for some pages, it becomes unselected immediately. For example, Google's homepage, because the page focuses the search field.
Update by BA:
This didn't work on Google because it's fighting native scripts. But, by re-running the code at onload and again after, we can preserve the selection.
Also, if the native script sets focus to an input or textarea, we must fight that.
So, a Greasemonkey script that incorporates all these ideas, and seems to work is:
//--- Save this as "SelectWholePage.user.js" and install with Greasemonkey. // // ==UserScript== // @name Select a whole page // @namespace google.com // @description Selects a whole page (equivalent to 'Ctrl-A'). // @include http://www.google.com/* // ==/UserScript== // /*--- Run the main function 3 times (when DOM ready, at load and just after load) because page javascript will often reset the focus and selection. */ LocalMain (); window.addEventListener ( "load", function(evt) { LocalMain (); window.setTimeout (LocalMain, 222); }, false ); function LocalMain () { var WholePage = document.createRange (); WholePage.selectNode (document.body); window.getSelection ().addRange (WholePage); var aInputs = document.getElementsByTagName ("input"); for (var J = aInputs.length-1; J>0; J--) aInputs[J].blur (); document.body.focus (); } Note:If u also have question or solution just comment us below or mail us on toontricks1994@gmail.com
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