Web Select Option Gone After Recent Edge Update

Anonymous
2023-06-04T16:11:02+00:00

MS Edge Version: 114.0.1823.37

For some reason, I no longer have the Web Select option in the right-click context menu. I still have Web Capture, but Web Select is no longer there. Did MS remove this feature, or is it a bug?

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-13T13:46:01+00:00

    Hey Pockey, did you reinstall Windows 10 by yourself?

    Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-14T12:11:16+00:00

    Same for me, i use it all the time at work, now there is no reason to keep using edge

    I migrated to Edge when I discovered this feature and the time saver I became to heavily rely upon. Very frustrating.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-14T15:31:16+00:00

    Hi everybody, with a good news!

    I found a workaround to the issue in question, by adding the extension Copycat on Google Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/copycat/jdjbiojkklnaeoanimopafmnmhldejbg)

    Once installed, you can select a test, right-click and select Copycat / Selection -> Plain text and the pasting it wherever you need to.

    It's working for me now. Hope it will be a good solution for you all as well :)

    For the EDGE team, we're still hoping you'll solve the problem and make web select available for all versions again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-14T19:10:21+00:00

    This will not work when text selection is impossible, as with values within adjacent rows above/below. The selection of text will include the entire row.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-15T12:27:26+00:00

    the reason people relied on web select, was the select part, you create a rectangle and copy that it highlighted, the rest can't do that

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