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I keep encountering in increasing frequency these chat interfaces with disabled right-click, disabled marking (when I try to mark in order to copy, the mark usually doesn't stick) and even when I do manage to mark the text CTRL-C doesn't work.

I can save the HTML and then sift through it to get the chat contents or open it in IE and save as text file (as described here) but it's long and tedious to do that every time I want to save a chat for record.

Screenshot or printing the page to PDF doesn't help because it only saves a small part of the conversation.

I was wondering if there is a better way to do this (a script / utility / extension would also be acceptable, though I would prefer if it wasn't an extension as they hog memory).

I'm using Chrome on Windows 7.

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There is an Chrome extension that can help you: RightToCopy

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/righttocopy/plmcimdddlobkphnofejmeidjblideca

In Chrome Store, it says:

Enable right click, saving images, selecting/highlighting text, and copying text on pages that have disabled these features.

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  • Damn, tried it and it doesn't do the job :( – traveh Jun 02 '15 at 07:58
  • You can try using Firefox, it probably has a similar plugin that may work in your case. You can also try disabling/modifying the Javascript that blocks the Copy/Paste. See: https://developer.chrome.com/devtools – Anthony Gaudino Jun 02 '15 at 22:22
  • Thanks, but using Firefox is not an option in this case since if I have to switch to Firefox every time I use one of these chats I might as well use one of the solutions I listed (it's the same amount of work for me). The same for disabling / modifying the JavaScript... – traveh Jun 03 '15 at 05:29
  • @traveh What version of [RightToCopy](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/plmcimdddlobkphnofejmeidjblideca) were you using? Version 8.0 worked on every site I visited. – null Aug 11 '15 at 18:33
  • @Kootling no idea... it was the latest at the time. – traveh Aug 16 '15 at 11:34
  • Try reinstalling the extension or updating it and see if it works for you. – null Aug 17 '15 at 15:45