Unable to select multiple parts of a page with several headings and macros

Question

How do I select multiple parts of a confluence page - to highlight so I can copy paste into another existing page that needs the same format and sections - in Confluence?  Everything I try doesn't work.

My page looks like

heading

heading i want to select

infobox containing text i want to select

heading i want to select

expand macro containing infobox containing text i want to select

bulleted list i want to select

heading i want to select

bulleted list i want to select

heading i want to select

table i want to select <--- this is where confluence refuses to let me keep selecting

heading i want to select

text I want to select

I press shift, click at the beginning, scroll to where I want to end the selection, and click, then release shift, but nothing gets selected.

I put the cursor at the beginning, drag the mouse across the section I want to select, and release.  Nothing is selected.

I put the cursor at the beginning, press shift, and use the down arrow to highlight want I want to highlight.  It works until I reach the table at which point confluence automatigically UNDOES my selection and moves my cursor right back to the starting point.

Aside: Basic basic BASIC functionality like this not working is incredibly frustrating and makes me want to ask my admins to move away from confluence to software that actually works.  And Confluence's process to make it difficult to impossible for anyone not an admin to report a bug directly to them is mildly infuriating.

Barbara Szczesniak · Answer

@ack Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

Are you attempting this in view mode or edit mode?

In view mode:

When I use the method of dragging my mouse to select the content, it works just fine.

When I use the Shift key-down arrow method, it stops selecting the text when I get to:

* a paragraph with an emoji at the front
* a line with multiple status macro lozenges (selects the first, but then stops)

But it doesn't stop when I get to a table—it selects the table rows.

In edit mode:

When I use the method of dragging my mouse to select the content, it works just fine.

When I use the Shift key-down arrow method:

* it gives no problems with the emoji or status macros
* with regard to the table, it gives no problems when I start WAY above the table (multiple headings, layout sections, numbered lists, then table), but it does stop selecting if I start selecting closer to the table (still with heading 3, status macros, paragraphs, heading 4, numbered list, table).

Strange behavior, but it always works fine when I click and drag to select.

ack_618607 · Answer

BTW "just select part of it at a time" is not an acceptable answer.  Confluence is broken.  I need a way to either work around the brokenness that LETS ME SELECT ALL OF IT AT ONCE or someone who has access to actually report this bad behavior to Confluence.