It's because for the browser the visual selection is not the same as the textual...

		jacquesm on Nov 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't copy paste from a website to a terminal It's because for the browser the visual selection is not the same as the textual selection. I'd say this qualifies as a browser bug rather than a user failure. What you see is not what you get.