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Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C by crtasm on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @10:38AM (#44444307)
Ideally browsers would have a shortcut to enter a text selection mode - this would also fix the annoyance of sites disabling text selection on certain elements.

The Newpipe app on Android has such a mode for Youtube descriptions.

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Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C by nayuki on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:05PM (#44445395)
> Ideally browsers would have a shortcut to enter a text selection mode

They do - Firefox has the option "Search for text when you start typing". I have it enabled for decades.

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