# Select Link Text

> Select link's text just like regular text

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `select-link-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Afnan Khan
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 211
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.11 / 5 (44 ratings)
- **Version:** 2017.3.27resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-11-26
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/select-link-text/)

## Description

Select Link Text is a Chrome extension designed to allow users to select and copy link text just as they would regular text, enhancing copying convenience especially on webpages with tricky link text elements. It is a fork of the popular "Select like a Boss" extension by Dzianis Rusak, focusing on smooth user experience.

Please note, this extension does not function on certain pages such as addons.mozilla.org and internal browser pages ("about:" pages) due to limitations in the WebExtensions API. Overall, it offers a simple but valuable improvement to text selection interactions on the web.

## Rankings

- #7,993 — Overall
- #51 — selection
- #62 — sell
- #116 — links
- #144 — broken links
- #159 — speech to text

## Permissions and access

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