Drag-Select Link Text

Name: Drag-Select Link Text
Rating: 4.8763 (97 reviews)
Author: Kestrel

By: Kestrel

Select link text with easy mouse gestures.

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Features & Capabilities

Drag-Select Link Text makes selecting text inside links straightforward using mouse gestures, eliminating trial-and-error and accidental clicks. Choose from three gesture modes:

Horizontal: Select text by dragging horizontally.
Hold: Wait for a hold time before dragging to select.
Immediate: Drag immediately to select text.

Customize hold times and leverage full compatibility with Firefox's multi-selection feature. The extension allows selecting text in clickable areas without triggering clicks and offers advanced options to override CSS restrictions on text selection. Ideal for users seeking precise and hassle-free link text selection.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Kestrel

Daily users:

1,373 -1

Rating:

4.88

(97) 1 new ratings

Version:

1.5.5resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5726309

Creation date:

2014-10-04

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Permissions:

storage

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

30.46KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,739 ▼ 11

Other rankings

#7 in drag keyword 20

#28 in sell keyword 24 ▼ 1

#30 in selection keyword 17

#66 in links keyword 33 ▼ 2

#90 in broken links keyword 24 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

Kestrel

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/drag-select-link-text/

Website:

https://github.com/nkestrel/dragselectlinktext/issues

User Reviews

Users highly appreciate the "Drag-Select Link Text" Firefox add-on for its convenience and effectiveness in enabling easy text selection within links. It is frequently mentioned as a must-have extension and greatly improves everyday internet browsing without reported common issues.

Pros

Highly useful and convenient for everyday web browsing
Considered a must-have and favorite extension by users
Effectively solves the problem of selecting link text
Easy to use and enhances user experience

Cons

Recent reviews

by Mr*****, 2026-05-29

Всё работает замечательно, но есть проблема: поиск Google изменил дизайн и он стал плиточным. Название "адреса" и ссылки в плитке нельзя выделить. Текст и информацию под названием-ссылкой можно выделить. \\ Everything works great, but there is a problem: Google search has changed its design and it has become tiled. The "address" title and links in the tile cannot be selected. Text and information under the link title can be selected.

by Ex*****, 2025-08-20

i should have discovered this years ago

by si*****, 2025-07-23

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Is Drag-Select Link Text Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Drag-Select Link Text requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Drag-Select Link Text has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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