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How to Enable Pasting Text on Sites That Block It
Some companies think they’re increasing security by disabling your ability to paste into form fields, such as the password field. But in reality, all they’re doing is frustrating users–and probably decreasing security by blocking password managers. Here’s how to solve this annoyance in Chrome and Firefox.
In Chrome: Use the “Don’t F*ck with Paste” Extension
If Chrome is your browser of choice, the easiest solution to your pasting problems is Don’t F*ck with Paste. Add that extension to Chrome, and it will just work quietly in the background. It tells the browser to accept all paste events and skip any paste event handlers on the page.
This is the code by developer Vivek Gite, in case you’re interested:
var allowPaste = function(e){ e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return true; }; document.addEventListener('paste', allowPaste, true);
But you don’t really need to know that. It’s just a simple extension that worked for me with PayPal and Western Union (which a similar extension, Allow Copy, couldn’t fix).
In Firefox: Modify Your Configuration Settings
Firefox users don’t need to use an extension, but instead can change the browser’s behavior in the configuration settings.
Head to about:config in Firefox and click the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button to proceed past the warning.
Search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled in the search box. It’ll be the only option once you type in “dom.event.cl”:
Double-click on the setting to change the value from “true” to “false”.
Now websites can’t mess with your clipboard or block your ability to copy and paste.
It’s terrible that we have to jump through hoops to easily use our long passwords on many sites, but at least it only takes a couple of minutes to fix this frustration.
Also, as a universal patch, press ctrl+v
Does anyone know of any alternative to this extension that will do the same job on Chrome? Every time we hover over the icon to use it, the crudity of the name shows itself. We prefer not to have to see it.
maybe you could "arrange" the crx file (the extension installer for chrome) and change the name, thought I'm not sure chrome will let you install custom .crx files anymore
Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate learning about these two fixes. It's been a thorn in my side for a long time.![:slight_smile:]( ":slight_smile:")
Very neat..
@Geek999999999999999 ctrl+v does not work either with they F### with your paste.The dom event in firefix to "false" fixes that too.
BlueTech, thank you for your suggestion. If you are able, please kindly direct me to a site where this is explained more fully. I have not undertaken modifications such as this before. Thank you.
I did it for you, it's now called PasteItEverywhere, but it's ONLY for personal use, no redistribution please since it could violate the author's copyrights
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ih637pe73d3w6pb/PasteItEverywhere.crx
How do we know that the one for Google is not quietly steeling are passwords? Makes me wonder as when I click to install it, it says it can see my passwords and stuff.
you can always inspect the crx file
I guess it says so because it can paste in the password field and, by extent, copy your pw
Is there any way to do this in Explorer?
Hello guys & gals, I'm new to the forum and think I have my own fix for this one, which usually works about everywhere. What I do to override "Paste" prevention is this:
Select (highlight) source text, right-click, then "Copy" into memory.
Go to text entry box for your destination website, and in case you find "Paste" is blocked, just type one (any) character (or hit space bar once).
Hit Backspace to go back the one position.
Complete your "Paste" action, which should now go ahead unobstructed.
Best wishes,
Roy
Amsterdam,Netherlands
Thank you Christian of BlueTech. This is very decent of you. Where or what is the file to replace with your crx file? Thanks ever so.
To install it (you can remove the original), open chrome://extensions, then drag and drop the crx file into the browser.
It should add it normally
OK, have now done so, and it is in place along with the other extensions at chrome://extensions. However, a statement in red says "This extension may have been corrupted." A "repair" link also showing doesn't work. Also, there is no icon for this extension showing on the extensions toolbar in the browser. Thanks again for persevering with us.
I guess that since it doesn't have a Google developer signature it refuses to add it.
Try enabling developer mode in extensions (there's a checkbox at the top of the page) and then import the crx again
Tried all this and more. The extension still fails to take effect. I think that we'll let the matter come to rest. Thanks ever for your good efforts, Christian.
I used RightToClick extension of Firefox for many years before I abandoned Firefox. May be it still works.