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I like the idea that you can select non- contigeous text blocks - that's good. But sometimes I've found myself double clicking to select a word and then try to select the whole paragraph with the mouse. What happens is the selected word(s) move to the new position, making a jumble. If I could disable the direct movement of selected text that would be good. I know I can press the escape key to deslect a selection but I'd rather have an option to not allow direct movement of selected text. Maybe it already exists but I can't find it.

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I don't think an option like that exists at this time.

However, if it helps, you can quadruple-click to select a paragraph. Double-click will select a word, triple-click will select the line, and quadruple-click will select the paragraph.

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3 hours ago, MickRose said:

sometimes I've found myself double clicking to select a word and then try to select the whole paragraph with the mouse.

There is no need to combine double-click + dragging if you don't want to move text but rather select only.

In case you want to select the first word by click + drag for the rest: Do not release the mouse after your 2nd click but hold it pressed and start dragging.

p.s.: quite a few different ways available: https://operating-systems.wonderhowto.com/how-to/select-drag-copy-and-move-text-mac-os-10-5-334557/

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On 8/22/2019 at 1:11 PM, MickRose said:

after selecting some text

You even don't need this first little part: just place your cursor before the 1st relevant char ... and continue

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