Selecting text within a link Oct06 '04
I ran into a curious scenario this afternoon, while trying to copy some text off of Mapquest.
The text that I was trying to copy was part of a link.
We all know what happens when you hover over a link. The mouse arrow turns into a little hand, allowing us to click on that area, and be taken to wherever the link is programmed to take us.
The problem is if certain text is a link, there is no way to select a portion of it. For example, try selecting all the text from the word "my" to the word "Please," in the link below:
This is my wonderful link. Please click on it.
You can select ALL the text, but not a middle portion.
Anyone know a way to do this? A keyboard combination, or something?
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Excellent, thanks Dale. ... Read more.
Don't try this in xwindows tho... all you will do is drag the window around the screen :). ... Read more.
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Yes, hold down Alt while you're selecting the text: "my wonderful link. Please" ... Read more.