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A minor change of the add-on description
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions README.org
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* Copy tooltip text

A helper to copy link title, "alt" image description, full timestamp, etc.

Install AltCopy browser extension from
[[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/altcopy/][addons.mozilla.org]]

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"Inspect" context menu option is a rescue but it requires enough
mouse clicks to obtain text from browser developer tools.
This extension adds context menu entry to copy text from "title"
attribute of HTML element directly.
attribute of HTML element directly.

The extension adds the "Copy alt text" context menu item.
Use mouse right click to open context menu for specific
element of a web page. Another option is =[Menu]= or =[Shift+F10]=
keyboard shortcuts that is useful when an element is highlighted
in response to the "Find in page…" action (=[Ctrl+F]=, =/=) or when
[[https://support.mozilla.org/kb/accessibility-features-firefox#w_using-a-keyboard-to-navigate-within-webpages][keyboard navigation (caret browsing)]]
[[https://support.mozilla.org/kb/accessibility-features-firefox#w_using-a-keyboard-to-navigate-within-webpages][keyboard or cursor navigation (caret browsing)]]
is enabled (=F7=, =accessibility.browsewithcaret= setting).
The limitation is that images and some other elements can not be selected
from keyboard. Do not be confused by context menu opened in the top left corner
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Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.

Copyright (C) 2021 Max Nikulin
Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Max Nikulin
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"description": "Add-on name that appears as title in the browser add-on manager and in the extension catalog"
},
"extDescription": {
"message": "Context menu item to copy tooltip text (\"title\" attribute), \"alt\" image description, value of date input field, etc. to struggle with pages pretending to be friendly with text like \"7 days ago\" when you need actual date from tooltip for your notes.",
"message": "Context menu item to copy tooltip text: link title, \"alt\" image description, value of date input field, etc. to struggle with pages pretending to be friendly with text like \"7 days ago\" when you need actual date from tooltip for your notes.",
"description": "Add-on description that appears with the add-on name in the browser add-on manager and in the extension catalog. The catalog has another description that is downloaded and displayed in the details tab of the add-on manager"
},
"extAuthor": {
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