arrgggg! highlights text I don't want highlighted

[Guest]

Sometimes when cutting and pasting text
from a web page, the "smart" highlighting
grabs stuff I don't want it to grab. For
Example:

start here 'and select this text'but not this

Using your mouse, start at the "a" in "and" on the
previous line. Click and hold to start text
highlighting, then move the mouse to the end
of the word text.

ARGGG! See... it just magically grabbed the
single quote's and the word 'but'.

How can I stop this behaviour and make it
just grab what I point at?

-Lost

 

[Li'l Roberto]

Sometimes when cutting and pasting text
from a web page, the "smart" highlighting
grabs stuff I don't want it to grab. For
Example:

start here 'and select this text'but not this

Using your mouse, start at the "a" in "and" on the
previous line. Click and hold to start text
highlighting, then move the mouse to the end
of the word text.

ARGGG! See... it just magically grabbed the
single quote's and the word 'but'.

How can I stop this behaviour and make it
just grab what I point at?

-Lost

There is no space between text'but in your example, so all gets highlighted, AFAIK this is "normal" behaviour.

'and select this text'but
'and select this text' but
' and select this text ' but

can you see the differences in the three examples above ?

rgds
LI'l Roberto

 

[Guest]

Position the cursor with a mouse click. Then use shift and the cursor keys to
highlight.

 

[Guest]

Sorry about my last post. I missed "web page".

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

That works even on a web page. You can't see the mark where the cursor is
positioned, but it's still located there.

Position the cursor with a mouse click. Then use shift and the cursor keys
to
highlight.

 

[Ron Sommer]

I don't know why you would want to use the arrow keys.

Position the cursor with a mouse click. Then use shift and left click.
--
Ron Sommer

Position the cursor with a mouse click. Then use shift and the cursor keys
to
highlight.

Original message-------------
Sometimes when cutting and pasting text
from a web page, the "smart" highlighting
grabs stuff I don't want it to grab. For
Example:

start here 'and select this text'but not this

Using your mouse, start at the "a" in "and" on the
previous line. Click and hold to start text
highlighting, then move the mouse to the end
of the word text.

ARGGG! See... it just magically grabbed the
single quote's and the word 'but'.

How can I stop this behaviour and make it
just grab what I point at?

-Lost

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

Well, speaking for myself, because I'd never heard of your method (which is
better yet) before, hope the OP likes it too.