diff --git a/apps/client/src/stylesheets/theme-next/base.css b/apps/client/src/stylesheets/theme-next/base.css
index f9f88c395..5d5bd2387 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/stylesheets/theme-next/base.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/stylesheets/theme-next/base.css
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@
     --tree-item-dark-theme-min-color-lightness: 65;
 }
 
+body {
+    user-select: none;
+}
+
+.selectable-text {
+    user-select: text;
+}
+
 body.backdrop-effects-disabled {
     /* Backdrop effects are disabled, replace the menu background color with the
      * no-backdrop fallback color */
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/about.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/about.tsx
index 7fa9c2390..f09cca319 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/about.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/about.tsx
@@ -31,29 +31,29 @@ export default function AboutDialog() {
                 <tbody>
                     <tr>
                         <th>{t("about.homepage")}</th>
-                        <td><a className="tn-link external" href="https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium" style={forceWordBreak}>https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium</a></td>
+                        <td className="selectable-text"><a className="tn-link external" href="https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium" style={forceWordBreak}>https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium</a></td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                         <th>{t("about.app_version")}</th>
-                        <td className="app-version">{appInfo?.appVersion}</td>
+                        <td className="app-version selectable-text">{appInfo?.appVersion}</td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                         <th>{t("about.db_version")}</th>
-                        <td className="db-version">{appInfo?.dbVersion}</td>
+                        <td className="db-version selectable-text">{appInfo?.dbVersion}</td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                         <th>{t("about.sync_version")}</th>
-                        <td className="sync-version">{appInfo?.syncVersion}</td>
+                        <td className="sync-version selectable-text">{appInfo?.syncVersion}</td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                         <th>{t("about.build_date")}</th>
-                        <td className="build-date">
+                        <td className="build-date selectable-text">
                             {appInfo?.buildDate ? formatDateTime(appInfo.buildDate) : ""}
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                         <th>{t("about.build_revision")}</th>
-                        <td>
+                        <td className="selectable-text">
                             {appInfo?.buildRevision && <a className="tn-link build-revision external" href={`https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/commit/${appInfo.buildRevision}`} target="_blank" style={forceWordBreak}>{appInfo.buildRevision}</a>}
                         </td>
                     </tr>
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ function DirectoryLink({ directory, style }: { directory: string, style?: CSSPro
             openService.openDirectory(directory);
         };
 
-        return <a className="tn-link" href="#" onClick={onClick} style={style}>{directory}</a>
+        return <a className="tn-link selectable-text" href="#" onClick={onClick} style={style}>{directory}</a>
     } else {
-        return <span style={style}>{directory}</span>;
+        return <span className="selectable-text" style={style}>{directory}</span>;
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/revisions.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/revisions.tsx
index 0effd8b08..e20c4c978 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/revisions.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/revisions.tsx
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function RevisionPreview({noteContent, revisionItem, showDiff, setShown, onRevis
                     }
                 </div>)}
             </div>
-            <div className="revision-content use-tn-links" style={{ overflow: "auto", wordBreak: "break-word" }}>
+            <div className="revision-content use-tn-links selectable-text" style={{ overflow: "auto", wordBreak: "break-word" }}>
                 <RevisionContent noteContent={noteContent} revisionItem={revisionItem} fullRevision={fullRevision} showDiff={showDiff}/>
             </div>
         </>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/FilePropertiesTab.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/FilePropertiesTab.tsx
index 4777f4349..76a197279 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/FilePropertiesTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/FilePropertiesTab.tsx
@@ -17,24 +17,24 @@ export default function FilePropertiesTab({ note }: { note?: FNote | null }) {
     return (
         <div className="file-properties-widget">
             {note && (
-                <table class="file-table">
+                <table className="file-table">
                     <tbody>
                         <tr>
-                            <th class="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.note_id")}:</th>
-                            <td class="file-note-id">{note.noteId}</td>
-                            <th class="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.original_file_name")}:</th>
-                            <td class="file-filename">{originalFileName ?? "?"}</td>
+                            <th className="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.note_id")}:</th>
+                            <td className="file-note-id selectable-text">{note.noteId}</td>
+                            <th className="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.original_file_name")}:</th>
+                            <td className="file-filename selectable-text">{originalFileName ?? "?"}</td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
-                            <th class="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.file_type")}:</th>
-                            <td class="file-filetype">{note.mime}</td>
-                            <th class="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.file_size")}:</th>
-                            <td class="file-filesize">{formatSize(blob?.contentLength ?? 0)}</td>
+                            <th className="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.file_type")}:</th>
+                            <td className="file-filetype selectable-text">{note.mime}</td>
+                            <th className="text-nowrap">{t("file_properties.file_size")}:</th>
+                            <td className="file-filesize selectable-text">{formatSize(blob?.contentLength ?? 0)}</td>
                         </tr>
 
                         <tr>
                             <td colSpan={4}>
-                                <div class="file-buttons">
+                                <div className="file-buttons">
                                     <Button
                                         icon="bx bx-download"
                                         text={t("file_properties.download")}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/ImagePropertiesTab.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/ImagePropertiesTab.tsx
index cb747d6b4..9f15c4821 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/ImagePropertiesTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/ImagePropertiesTab.tsx
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ export default function ImagePropertiesTab({ note, ntxId }: TabContext) {
                     <div style={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "space-evenly", margin: "10px" }}>
                         <span>
                             <strong>{t("image_properties.original_file_name")}:</strong>{" "}
-                            <span>{originalFileName ?? "?"}</span>
+                            <span className="selectable-text">{originalFileName ?? "?"}</span>
                         </span>
 
                         <span>
                             <strong>{t("image_properties.file_type")}:</strong>{" "}
-                            <span>{note.mime}</span>
+                            <span className="selectable-text">{note.mime}</span>
                         </span>
 
                         <span>
                             <strong>{t("image_properties.file_size")}:</strong>{" "}
-                            <span>{formatSize(blob?.contentLength)}</span>
+                            <span className="selectable-text">{formatSize(blob?.contentLength)}</span>
                         </span>
                     </div>
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/InheritedAttributesTab.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/InheritedAttributesTab.tsx
index d9eb32b7f..bc6f3eb49 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/InheritedAttributesTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/InheritedAttributesTab.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default function InheritedAttributesTab({ note, componentId }: TabContext
     
     return (
         <div className="inherited-attributes-widget">
-            <div className="inherited-attributes-container">
+            <div className="inherited-attributes-container selectable-text">
                 {inheritedAttributes?.length ? (
                     joinElements(inheritedAttributes.map(attribute => (
                         <InheritedAttribute
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteInfoTab.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteInfoTab.tsx
index 2fb9daa80..5901db3a2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteInfoTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/NoteInfoTab.tsx
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ export default function NoteInfoTab({ note }: TabContext) {
                 <>
                     <div className="note-info-item">
                         <span>{t("note_info_widget.note_id")}:</span>
-                        <span className="note-info-id">{note.noteId}</span>
+                        <span className="note-info-id selectable-text">{note.noteId}</span>
                     </div>
                     <div className="note-info-item">
                         <span>{t("note_info_widget.created")}:</span>
-                        <span>{formatDateTime(metadata?.dateCreated)}</span>
+                        <span className="selectable-text">{formatDateTime(metadata?.dateCreated)}</span>
                     </div>
                     <div className="note-info-item">
                         <span>{t("note_info_widget.modified")}:</span>
-                        <span>{formatDateTime(metadata?.dateModified)}</span>
+                        <span className="selectable-text">{formatDateTime(metadata?.dateModified)}</span>
                     </div>
                     <div className="note-info-item">
                         <span>{t("note_info_widget.type")}:</span>
                         <span>
                             <span className="note-info-type">{note.type}</span>{' '}
-                            {note.mime && <span className="note-info-mime">({note.mime})</span>}
+                            {note.mime && <span className="note-info-mime selectable-text">({note.mime})</span>}
                         </span>
                     </div>
                     <div className="note-info-item">
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default function NoteInfoTab({ note }: TabContext) {
                                 />
                             )}
 
-                            <span className="note-sizes-wrapper">
+                            <span className="note-sizes-wrapper selectable-text">
                                 <span className="note-size">{formatSize(noteSizeResponse?.noteSize)}</span>
                                 {" "}
                                 {subtreeSizeResponse && subtreeSizeResponse.subTreeNoteCount > 1 &&
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Doc.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Doc.css
index 0081da3c7..3dc440bcf 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Doc.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Doc.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .note-detail-doc-content {
     padding: 15px;
+    user-select: text;
 }
 
 .note-detail-doc-content pre {
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/backup.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/backup.tsx
index 5cf240bf9..2f1a2d63b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/backup.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/backup.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function BackupList({ backups }: { backups: DatabaseBackup[] }) {
                         backups.map(({ mtime, filePath }) => (
                             <tr>
                                 <td>{mtime ? formatDateTime(mtime) : "-"}</td>
-                                <td>{filePath}</td>
+                                <td className="selectable-text">{filePath}</td>
                             </tr>
                         ))
                     ) : (
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/text_notes.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/text_notes.tsx
index 0dd102145..6179b5bc7 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/text_notes.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/text_notes.tsx
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ function CodeBlockPreview({ theme, wordWrap }: { theme: string, wordWrap: boolea
 
     return (
         <div className="note-detail-readonly-text-content ck-content code-sample-wrapper">
-            <pre className="hljs" style={{ marginBottom: 0 }}>
+            <pre className="hljs selectable-text" style={{ marginBottom: 0 }}>
                 <code className="code-sample" style={codeStyle} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={getHtml(code)} />
             </pre>
         </div>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/text/ReadOnlyText.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/text/ReadOnlyText.tsx
index 13b56bd5b..e23380030 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/text/ReadOnlyText.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/text/ReadOnlyText.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default function ReadOnlyText({ note, noteContext, ntxId }: TypeWidgetPro
         <>
             <RawHtmlBlock
                 containerRef={contentRef}
-                className={clsx("note-detail-readonly-text-content ck-content use-tn-links", codeBlockWordWrap && "word-wrap")}
+                className={clsx("note-detail-readonly-text-content ck-content use-tn-links selectable-text", codeBlockWordWrap && "word-wrap")}
                 tabindex={100}
                 dir={isRtl ? "rtl" : "ltr"}
                 html={blob?.content}