Prevent Google from mangling links on the search results when clicking or copyin...

Prevent Google from mangling links on the search results when clicking or copying on Firefox · GitHub

// ==UserScript== // @name Prevent link mangling on Google // @namespace LordBusiness.LMG // @match https://www.google.com/search // @grant none // @version 1.1 // @author radiantly // @description Prevent google from mangling the link when copying or clicking the link on Firefox // ==/UserScript==

/* * If you're on Firefox, you might have noticed that when you try to click (or copy) a link from * a google search result, it redirects to an intermediate page instead of taking you immediately * to the search result. This is specifically annoying when trying to copy a google search result * to send to someone else, because it gives you the mangled google-ified link instead. * * The same does not happen on Google Chrome or other chromium browsers. Maybe someone can test * this on Safari? * * To install this script, you'll need a user script manager like ViolentMonkey, after which you * can click the Raw button (gist.github.com) to install. */

(function() { /* * The following 3 lines simply prevent the mousedown event from propagating to the respective * event listeners attached to the various link elements. * * On testing, this does not seem to break any actual functionality on the site. */ window.addEventListener("mousedown", (event) => { event.stopImmediatePropagation(); }, true); })();