Select Only Certain Text in an HTML Table

Select Only Certain Text in an HTML Table


  • In Mozilla Firefox, users may highlight only certain rows, columns, or cells of an HTML table by holding down the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click each cell individually.

  • Once you have selected the appropriate cells, you can copy and paste their text into another program, such as a text editor or word processor.

  • Additionally, clicking and dragging the mouse up or down a column, or left or right through a row achieves a similar effect.

    Note

  • Unfortunately, this tip only works in Firefox.

  • Other browsers, such as Chrome and Internet Explorer, do not support this feature.

    Further explanation

  • If you wanted to select the data in the second column of the following HTML table, hold down the Ctrl key and click the Example 2 cell and drag down to Four.

  • Once selected press Ctrl+C to copy the data, and then Ctrl+V to paste it elsewhere.


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