Select and copy part of the text from a link in Safari

Solution 1:

In Safari this is not directly possible and I do not know a special extension for that.

A workaround:

start selecting the text behind "circulation",
stop at "nothing", (that selects as plain text and starts your selection at the relevant bit)
now cmd+c

paste where you like

jump to beginning of paragraph jump two words forward
delete the rest (quick way for that, just not on SE: ctrl+k or cmdshift+arrows)

Solution 2:

I made the extension.

Because I don't want to pay $100 a year for Apple's Developer program, this extension has to be reloaded each time Safari is restarted.

I never quit Safari though so I am safe ;)

To install and use it:

1. Make sure 'Show Develop menu in menu bar' is enabled in Safari preferences.

2. Clone my extension from GitHub

   git clone https://github.com/theonlygusti/shift-to-select.git
   open -a Finder shift-to-select
   

3. Open the Extension Builder, Develop > Show Extension Builder.

4. Add an extension.

5. Choose the one you cloned from GitHub