# Drag-Select Link Text

> Select link text with easy mouse gestures.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/drag-select-link-text](https://chrome-stats.com/d/drag-select-link-text)

## Overview

- **ID:** `drag-select-link-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kestrel
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1,352
- **Weekly downloads:** 15
- **Rating:** 4.88 / 5 (98 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.5resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2014-10-04
- **Size:** 30 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/drag-select-link-text/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/nkestrel/dragselectlinktext/issues](https://github.com/nkestrel/dragselectlinktext/issues)

## Description

**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.

## Rankings

- #2,797 — Overall
- #6 — drag
- #28 — sell
- #33 — selection
- #65 — links
- #91 — broken links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/drag-select-link-text)