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Firefox mobile: Double Tap in Text not selected??

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Clemens Ratte-Polle
Clemens Ratte-Polle

hi ff is reLky bd . you read irm .aurocorrexutr?? WTF?! Why is it not possible to select Text by double tap??? why???!! I must correct all manually. why ff so bad in auto correction?? No. i used it on PC since birth Navigator, but this in Android is not bearable. I stay in Brave. Also it can select text better. good Bye ff.

hi ff is reLky bd . you read irm .aurocorrexutr?? WTF?! Why is it not possible to select Text by double tap??? why???!! I must correct all manually. why ff so bad in auto correction?? No. i used it on PC since birth Navigator, but this in Android is not bearable. I stay in Brave. Also it can select text better. good Bye ff.

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dessertdish
dessertdish

HelLo,

If double tapping doesn't seem to work, you can try this :

If on mobile android, long tab and then highlight. This is most likely an Android bug rather than a Firefox bug.

Also, make sure that your double click delay isn't set too fast.

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