# Reply to selected text not appearing when last para is selected

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**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [04.Июнь.2015 08:32:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-selected-text-not-appearing-when-last-para-is-selected/29638 "2015-06-04T08:32:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [04.Июнь.2015 09:02:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-selected-text-not-appearing-when-last-para-is-selected/29638/2 "2015-06-04T09:02:58Z")

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To be honest, I don’t think this “I like to select text as I read” behavior is compatible with select to quote, which is why this option exists and has since just after we launched Discourse in Feb 2013:

> ### Other
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> ☑ Enable quote reply for highlighted text

I suggest turning that _off_ …

You can always **highlight then press literally any reply button** , e.g. the one at the bottom of each post, the one at the bottom of the topic, the reply as new topic in the guttter – and this will generate a quote. Try it.

There’s also the first toolbar button which is a quote everything button.

p.s. all this 💩 was discussed to death back in 2013, believe me

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