# Add button to select all text in a preformatted block

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-button-to-select-all-text-in-a-preformatted-block/30878>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [July 8, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-button-to-select-all-text-in-a-preformatted-block/30878 "2015-07-08T02:35:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-button-to-select-all-text-in-a-preformatted-block/30878/6 "2015-09-24T02:53:37Z")

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> [@JP\_](#):
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> Would also be nice if triple-clicking preformatted text or quoted text would only highlight what’s inside.

I just tried using Firefox latest desktop and triple clicking does just that.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/c/2c4ffa527d7d701e0f572e6f405ccfc7665192da.gif)

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