Keyboard shortcut to select all text in code block?

[milkygirl90]

Not all Forums have a "select all" button in the Code block. For those that don't, is there a quick method I can use to easily copy/paste the entire block, instead of manually highlight start and end of the code block?

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this is a long block of code I want to copy 
xxx
xxx
xxx

[aifritz]

To copy the code of the first post, this could be a simple approach.

You had to select the url in the browser before starting the hotkey

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^+c::
KeyWait c
KeyWait control
KeyWait shift

ClipBoard := ""
Send ^c
ClipWait 1

UrlDownloadToFile, % ClipBoard, % A_ScriptDir "\htmldata.txt"
If ErrorLevel
	{
		msgbox, There was an error... 
		exitapp
	}
	
FileRead, OutVar, % A_ScriptDir "\htmldata.txt"
OutScript := ""
Loop, parse, % OutVar, `n,`r
	{
		If InStr(A_LoopField, "<div class=""codebox""><p>Code")
			CopyYN := true, continue
		else if InStr(A_LoopField, "</Code")
			break
	    If CopyYN
	  	  OutScript .= A_LoopField "`n"
	}
Clipboard := OutScript
Filedelete % A_ScriptDir "\htmldata.txt"
msgbox Script copied to Clipboard

exitapp

Edit:
Ha, I just saw that the first row is missing... so you'll need a smarter way ...perhaps using regex or COM and innertext...

[reverberation]

is it possible not to hard-code it? that is, wherever my mouse hovers over, that is the code block I want to copy-all.

[AHKStudent]

Not all Forums have a "select all" button in the Code block. For those that don't, is there a quick method I can use to easily copy/paste the entire block, instead of manually highlight start and end of the code block?

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this is a long block of code I want to copy 
xxx
xxx
xxx

Use the shift key in chrome

Move your mouse to the first line you want to copy

Left click highlight first line or letter

Move to the last letter on the data you want to copy and click shift and hold down left mouse

[milkygirl90]

use the shift key in chrome

Move your mouse to the first line you want to copy

Left click highlight first line or letter

Move to the last letter on the data you want to copy and click shift and hold down left mouse

instead of manually highlight start and end of the code block?

that is exactly what I'm trying to avoid.

[aifritz]

I've found some code from jeeswg which is able to grab the text under the mouse, but unfortunately the line breaks get lost.

Has someone an idea to solve this? Perhaps there is a way to execute the javascript function "this.select();"...??

https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29458

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#IfWinActive, ahk_class IEFrame
q:: ;internet explorer - get element under cursor
;regardless of zoom percentage of 'Internet Explorer_Server' control
;it could potentially be incorporated into iWB2 Learner
IID_IWebBrowserApp := "{0002DF05-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
IID_IHTMLWindow2 := "{332C4427-26CB-11D0-B483-00C04FD90119}"

CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
MouseGetPos, vMouseX, vMouseY,, hCtl, 3
WinGetClass, vCtlClass, % "ahk_id " hCtl
if !(vCtlClass == "Internet Explorer_Server")
	return
if !(oDoc := ComObject(9,ComObjQuery(Acc_ObjectFromWindow(hCtl),IID_IHTMLWindow2,IID_IHTMLWindow2),1).document)
	return
oWin := ComObject(9,ComObjQuery(oDoc,IID_IHTMLWindow2,IID_IHTMLWindow2),1)
oWB := ComObject(9,ComObjQuery(oWin,IID_IWebBrowserApp,IID_IWebBrowserApp),1)

vLogicalXDPI := oWB.document.parentWindow.screen.logicalXDPI
vDeviceXDPI := oWB.document.parentWindow.screen.deviceXDPI
vZoomRatio := vDeviceXDPI / vLogicalXDPI

;vWinX := oWin.screenLeft, vWinY := oWin.screenTop
;WinGetPos, vWinX2, vWinY2, vWinW2, vWinH2, ahk_class IEFrame
WinGetPos, vCtlX, vCtlY, vCtlW, vCtlH, ahk_id %hCtl%
vMouseX2 := (vMouseX-vCtlX)*(1/vZoomRatio)
vMouseY2 := (vMouseY-vCtlY)*(1/vZoomRatio)

oElt := oWin.document.elementFromPoint(vMouseX2, vMouseY2)
msgbox % oElt.Innertext
oDoc := oWin := oWB := oElt := ""
return
#IfWinActive

esc::exitapp

[milkygirl90]

thanks! bumping it up.