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Often, I want to highlight & copy the contents of a single posted code block so I can paste it into my IDE for a better look or into my answer for editing. This gets awkward especially if there's scrolling involved -- I usually overshoot the end and trying to shift-arrow back into the code block just overshoots in the other direction.

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This has already been requested on the main meta: Shortcut for copying posted code from Stack Overflow. Don't hold your breath… – Gilles Jan 10 '12 at 0:09
Indeed. The feeling seems to be that the post has too much code if that was needed. Granted, CR has more code on average than most, but I'm not sure this will go anywhere if the old request has been active for over two years. – Michael K Jan 10 '12 at 13:01
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@Gilles Even I don't picture it being that useful on SO, but I miss it on CR. – Paul Martel Jan 10 '12 at 22:39

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