Google Chrome: select column from a table

Question

Is there an extension for Google Chrome that would allow me to select a column from a table on the webpage? E.g. when I want to copy text from just one column of a table.

You can select any row or column in Firefox by holding Ctrl key, and I was wondering if a similar feature is available in Chrome.

Answer 1

Another hack - copy the whole table from Chrome to Excel then copy the column. I use this to grab the stock ticker column from a stock screen.

Works using LibreOffice Calc as well.

Answer 2

Here's a very hacky and somewhat inconvenient workaround: you can use the "Transpose Tables" bookmarklet located on this website to transpose the rows and columns of the tables on the page, and then select the appropriate row. Certainly not ideal, but it's the best thing I was able to find.