Merge pull request #2889 from wbalbo/clickable-links-in-description

Clickable links in description of both Subscriptions and Search Results page.

Author: ImprovedTube

_locales/en/messages.json

@@ -1439,5 +1439,8 @@
     },
     "pauseWhileIAmTypingOnYouTube": {
         "message": "Pause when I'm typing on YouTube"
+    },
+    "clickableLinksInDescription": {
+        "message": "Right click to copy links in video descriptions"
     }
 }

js&css/extension/init.js

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function bodyReady () {
 	if (extension.ready && extension.domReady) {
 		extension.features.addScrollToTop();
 		extension.features.font();
+		extension.features.clickableLinksInVideoDescriptions();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ extension.events.on('init', function () {
 	extension.features.relatedVideos();
 	extension.features.comments();
 	extension.features.openNewTab();
-	extension.features.removeListParamOnNewTab();
+	extension.features.removeListParamOnNewTab();	
 	bodyReady();
 });
 

js&css/extension/www.youtube.com/general/general.js

@@ -616,3 +616,37 @@ extension.features.removeListParamOnNewTab = function () {
 };
 
 extension.features.removeListParamOnNewTab();
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------
+# CLICKABLE LINKS IN VIDEO DESCRIPTIONS
+--------------------------------------------------------------*/
+extension.features.clickableLinksInVideoDescriptions = function () {
+	if (extension.storage.get("clickable_links_in_description") !== true) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	document.addEventListener("contextmenu", (e) => {
+		// Check if the clicked element is a yt-formatted-string with the class we're targeting
+		const clickedElement = e.target.closest(".style-scope.ytd-video-renderer");
+
+		if (clickedElement) {
+			// Grab the plain text inside the yt-formatted-string (looking for links or URLs)
+			const textContent = clickedElement.innerText;
+	
+			// Extract URL using a simple regex (you can customize it to be more accurate)
+			const urlRegex = /\bhttps?:\/\/[^\s]+/g;
+			const match = textContent.match(urlRegex);
+	
+			if (match) {
+				// Copy the found URL to the clipboard
+				navigator.clipboard.writeText(match[0]).catch((err) => {
+					console.error("Failed to copy: ", err);
+				});
+	
+				// Prevent the default right-click menu from showing
+				e.preventDefault();
+		}
+		// If no URL found, the normal right-click behavior will happen
+		}
+	});
+}

menu/skeleton-parts/general.js

@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ extension.skeleton.main.layers.section.general = {
 				remove_list_param_from_links: {
 					component: 'switch',
 					text: 'removePlaylistParam'
+				},
+				clickable_links_in_description: {
+					component: 'switch',
+					text: 'clickableLinksInDescription'
 				}
 			}
 		}