When you hover over code on a question or answer, it would be nice to in addition to the syntax highlighting to maybe show a link in the top right corner or something you can click on that will open a small window with just that code in it so you can copy and paste the code very easily. Or else a link/button to copy the contents to a clipboard, I believe this can be accomplished with Flash. I have seen these features on most blogs and sites that have syntax highlighting.
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this would be nice, especially since, at least from my experience, if you highlight and copy code it all gets put on one line.DForck42– DForck422011-10-06 21:11:47 +00:00Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 21:11
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+1: This would be really useful. It is troublesome trying to copy stuff when trying to troubleshoot/try code in a question. Anything that reduces the boring bits of answering a problem is greatArjunShankar– ArjunShankar2012-12-12 19:11:19 +00:00Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 19:11
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They could add a colored line, like they do in SuperUser quotes, that could be clicked on to copy.
Sounds like the perfect application for greasemonkey...
Syntax highlighter does it but it has quite a big overhead when loading. The google alternative is a lot faster but has no new window feature.
SO already has syntax highlighting though so just a new window icon would be useful, and fairly easy to add.
