userstuff/youtube/Copy YouTube chat messages.user.js


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// ==UserScript==
// @name        Copy YouTube chat messages
// @description Copies the text of a message when you click it (no emotes, sorry)
// @match       https://www.youtube.com/live_chat_replay*
// ==/UserScript==

document.body.addEventListener('click', event => {
    const mouseElem = document.elementFromPoint(event.clientX, event.clientY);
    if (!mouseElem) return;
    const rendererElem = mouseElem.closest('yt-live-chat-text-message-renderer');
    if (!rendererElem) return;
    const messageElem = rendererElem.querySelector('#message');
    if (!messageElem) {
        console.warn(`Couldn't find message in message renderer`);
        return;
    }
    navigator.clipboard.writeText(messageElem.innerText.trim());
});