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kalel5

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Anyone else try using the "Select All" in safari on ios 16.4 and find that it's missing. I can now only get "Find Selection." losing my d-mn mind. I use it all of the time. Especially if I need larger sections of text read to me or to copy and paste full sections web pages for design. I can't imagine why this basic feature is now missing. Any ideas on another way to initiate it?
 

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Toxmed

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Anyone else try using the "Select All" in safari on ios 16.4 and find that it's missing. I can now only get "Find Selection." losing my d-mn mind. I use it all of the time. Especially if I need larger sections of text read to me or to copy and paste full sections web pages for design. I can't imagine why this basic feature is now missing. Any ideas on another way to initiate it?
Exactly!!! Wtf??? And why should this be an "update"???? @aapl, FIX NEEDED!!!
 
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Ready-for-Apple

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@kalel5 please upload a video file so we could see what you are doing exactly to get in this trouble.

I would mention that I could never select all on the website – only my own writings in a text box could be selected.
 

danilyngo

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after iOS 16.4 my “Select All” button disappeared as well﹠it now says, “Find Selection” —to be clear, when I selected text on a webpage using Safari browser or Chrome for iOS, “Select All” was an option prior to 16.4, however, its now disappeared from these pop up menus. This was the most useful tool in my opinion! I’ve contacted support so hopefully it’s a glitch…
 

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kalel5

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It's really hard from an accessibility standpoint. If I need the system to read me something, I have to select and then try to hold and drag and try to get everything. I'm also finding the replacement "Find Selection" to be useless. You could already search a word by going to the search/web bar. So strange.
 
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