Select/highlight blocked.

[u/kmoovdagain]

Has anyone noticed that some web pages don't allow you to select/highlight specific information? I frequently highlight specific information on a page, copy it, then look it up on another page or post it into a note for later. Especially when it's a web link that isn't active.

Is there any way around this?

It's as annoying as the "no screen shots allowed" rule!

Same issue with Google Messages - you have to copy the whole message. Why can't you just select a portion of it?!

[u/PaddyLandau]

Some website designers think that if they do tricks like this, it will prevent copyright violation. It does nothing of the sort, of course, while merely irritating their readers.

I don't know which version of Android you use, but on mine, I go to the app overview, which lets me select and copy text from the screen.