Users report an issue where triple-click text selection fails in replies on Chromium browsers (Linux and macOS), but works in Firefox and the original post. Saif first noticed the problem, with Sam confirming it’s reproducible on Chromium Linux. supermathie notes the text is briefly selected but then unselected, and the clipboard captures the text with extra formatting. Andrew_Rowe confirms the issue is limited to replies, not the original post. Don identifies user-select: none on .post-controls as the cause, suggesting it should only apply to touchscreens. saquetim confirms a fix is in progress with a PR (#30628), though it may take a few days to deploy.
Not sure if this is exactly related but I wanted to point out
notice that I am unable to select the text in the sentence unless I manually select it all, this was never the case till somewhat recently. This behavior is sometimes reproducible
Using the latest Arc browser on MacOS
Yes, this is consistently reproducible in chromium (not reproducible on Firefox)
Triple click on last paragraph on Chromium Linux is selecting and then unselecting the text.
What does make it to the clipboard is e.g.:
--- 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'
This could potentially be related to post action refactor @saquetim recently landed given the post actions are there.
Also I note it doesn’t happen in the OP, only in replies.
Same here on Chromium Linux
Same, in firefox linux work fine
Also seeing on Chromium Linux triple click works fine on OP but not replies
It seems the user-select: none cause this on nav.post-controls. I think it should be active only on touchscreen. 
Thanks @Don this is very helpful.
Looks like @saquetim has a fix planned, we will post about it tomorrow!
I have a PR to address the issue, but we’re discussing possible implications.
It may take a couple of days before we fix this.
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/30628
The PR above addresses this issue.
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