# Cannot Ctrl+A to select and entire topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047 "2024-11-14T00:00:24Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047/15 "2025-01-17T06:22:10Z")

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Oh confirmed @saquetim this is a side effect to be aware of.

The issue does not happen in Firefox… but it kind of chokes.

Overall my tip here would be to avoid CTRL+A on a topic cause you will get the sidebar and a bunch of mess.

Instead CTRL+P, which will bring up the `print` view: [https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047/print](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047/print)

This view is far better fit for purpose given it has a print stylesheet and CTRL+A works great there.

Not sure if we can restore the old behavior on Chrome cause by restoring it we may end up breaking triple click on a post 😢

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