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Copper Contributor

Feb 27, 2020

Solved

Unable to select text in the middle of a link

Before shifting to the new edge a few weeks back I had been using Opera for over a year. In Opera selecting/highlighting text in the middle of the link works just as you would expect it to as can...

koolkunz
Feb 27, 2020
HotCakeX
Turns out you don't need an extension for this. If you press ALT and then try to select the text from a link it works (Just like the extension with CTRL). Apparently its the same for firefox and chrome also!

HotCakeX

MVP

Feb 27, 2020

Hi,
I'm on Firefox 75 and it has the same behavior as Edge, can't select a part of the text from the middle of the link..

about extensions, I found one, tested it, works on Edge

all you have to do is hover your mouse over the link and then hold CTRL, you will be able to do exactly like in Opera

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/select-hyperlinks-text/akfomokcdlbbolciojopdnenlnmnllkj

koolkunz

Copper Contributor

Feb 27, 2020

HotCakeX

I have just checked and even chrome behaves like edge so probably that is an opera only feature, I took that feature for granted it is very useful specially if you visit a lot of forums.

And thanks for the extension I will have a look!

Hopefully the edge team can implement this feature in the future.