Can't select text on a safari search results page

Question

Hi, I'm using an Ipad 3 I have safari sset to use the google search in settings
but when I search for something and it shows the results page I can only select links holding my finger on the text below the link does nothing.
sometimes the answer i'm looking for is in the text and I can just copy it instead of having to click the link to see it.

Answer 1

I found out that you gotta do a double tap and hold the only problem is its cumbersome and it only works if safari is set to search google or yahoo if it's set to use bing it does not work at all..
I've added the code below which will unlock the text select feature when selecting text on a search results page
I  wrote this java script which allows you to just press and hold on the text to select it.. gets rid of having to double tap and hold and acts like select does on all the other apps. It will also work if your search engine is set to bing.
to use you will need 2 book marks 1 book mark is for google & yahoo the other is for bing
add any book mark then go into it and edit it, in the title type "Unlock Text Selection"
just below the title paste this javascript in
javascript:void(s = 'hdurj123');  s = '(' + s + ')';  x = new RegExp(s,  'gi');  rn = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);  rid = 'z' + rn;  b =  document.body.innerHTML;  b = b.replace(x, '<span name=' + rid + ' id=' + rid  + ' style=\'color:#000;background-color:white; font-weight:bold;\'>hdurj123</span>'); void(document.body.innerHTML =  b);
then save it under the book marks bar
create a second bookmark and edit it
in the title type "Unlock Selection Bing" and below that past this java script in
javascript:void(s = 'results');  s = '(' + s + ')';  x = new RegExp(s, 'gi');  rn = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);  rid = 'z' + rn; b = document.body.innerHTML;  b = b.replace(x, '<span name=' + rid + ' id=' + rid + ' style=\'background-color:white; font-weight:bold;\'>results</span>'); void(document.body.innerHTML = b);
if your search engine is set to yahoo or google:
fire up safari and do a search for something
when the search results show click on the bookmark "Unlock Text Selection"
now you will be able to just press and hold on the text to select it and if you move it around you can select individual words.
if your search engine is set to bing
fire up safari and do a search for something
when the search results show, click on the bookmark "Unlock Selection Bing"
now you will be able to select text with just a press and hold and even individual words
this only works for search results pages I tried it on a page after I clicked the link and it caused safari to display the page source instead of the page.. I just use it for searches
here's an example of setting up the bookmark:
here's what it looks like on a bing search if your search engine is set to bing, in settings:
you can see that I was able to select the individual words, *** if your in portrait you may have to zoom in a bit *** landscape works without having to zoom at all