On 26/03/2025 00:10, Greg wrote:
On 2025-03-25, Max Nikulin wrote:
I was able to do what you're asking by using the CTRL key.
[...]
If that doesn't work at all on any given webpage, it will likely have
something to do with how the webmaster coded the page.
It is broken in the following cases:
- Tables are used for element layout and you are trying to select text
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Who the hell the mentioned copying tables, but you?
My intention was to clarify confusion of Cindy and to lower down
expectations of Mick.
Greg, do you use multi-range selections yourself? Have you faced issues
with it? Try to select page title and some other text with Ctrl (of
course in Firefox) on some page of
https://kb.mozillazine.org/
Are tables apparent on these pages?
Actually multi-range selection is required to implement selection of
rectangular blocks of table cells, so the features are tightly coupled.
I would not be surprised if tables was the driver in the case of Firefox
while multiple fragments of regular paragraphs is just a bonus.
