# Unable to select text with a triple click

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-select-text-with-a-triple-click/345369>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-select-text-with-a-triple-click/345369 "2025-01-02T23:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-select-text-with-a-triple-click/345369/8 "2025-01-06T21:35:27Z")

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What _does_ make it to the clipboard is e.g.:

```plaintext
--- CHANGED: PRIMARY
Formats: TARGETS,UTF8_STRING
'Triple click on last paragraph on Chromium Linux is selecting and then unselecting the text.\n\n4\n\n\u200b\n\u200b\n\nReply\n'

```

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