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Re:Just Let Me Select Text by nahumba on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:16PM (#45362467)
Do you know how many times i wanted to select the clickable link in google search result?
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Re:Just Let Me Select Text by kuekacang on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:29PM (#45364240)
Back in the day I requested chrome feature "copy text" in addition to "copy link" on <a> context menu. Now I tried it it's no longer there.
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Re:Just Let Me Select Text by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @06:15PM (#45366593)
It's not? Just checked a Chrome instance I had handy, it has all three options in the context menu - "Copy", "Copy link address" and "Copy link to highlight". First one copies text in between <a> ... </a>, second one copies the href attribute, and third one copies the link to page you're on with that weird URL framgment-based arbitrary text anchor/highlight scheme.

All three work on Google search results for me.

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Re:Just Let Me Select Text by kuekacang on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:39PM (#45367301)
Maybe weird behavior on my end? Or perhaps you need to select part of <a>'s content to trigger it?
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