I found a Greasmonkey script a while ago that re-enables highlighting text. I'd post a link, but Userscripts appears to be down, so here it is: (I wish we had a "Code" BBCode wrapper here.)
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
Code:
// ==UserScript==// @name Fanfiction.net, make text selectable again// @include http://m.fanfiction.net/*// @include http://m.fictionpress.com/*// @include http://www.fanfiction.net/*// @include http://www.fictionpress.com/*// @include http://m.fanfiction.net/*// @include http://m.fictionpress.com/*// @include http://www.fanfiction.net/*// @include http://www.fictionpress.com/*// @require http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js// @updateURL http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/179482.meta.js// @downloadURL http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/179482.user.js// @version 3.5// @grant GM_addStyle// ==/UserScript==
$(".nocopy").removeClass ("nocopy");
setInterval (fixInlineStyles, 999);
function fixInlineStyles () { $("[style*='user-select']").each ( function () { var jThis = $(this); var styleAttr = jThis.attr ("style"); styleAttr = styleAttr.replace (/user-select:s*none/g, "user-select: text"); jThis.attr ("style", styleAttr); } );
unsafeWindow.jQuery(document).unbind ("keydown");}
GM_addStyle ( " * { -moz-user-select: text !important; user-select: text !important; -webkit-user-select: text !important; } " );
Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.