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		dveeden2 on Oct 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smarter Than 'Ctrl+F': Linking Directly to Web Pag... With a addon this is much more usable, not sure why there isn't a selection-to-text-fragment-link functionality builtin to Firefox...(same for other browsers?) https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/text-fragment/

extraduder_ire on Oct 25, 2024 | [–]

Support for the feature itself was only added in a very recent mainline firefox release. Like, less than one or two months ago.

olejorgenb on Oct 25, 2024 | | [–]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/link-to-text-... extension for creating links

RamRodification on Oct 25, 2024 | [–]

According to the post

> If you’re using Chrome, simply highlight some text, right-click, and you’ll find the “Copy link to highlight” option in the context menu

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