Trouble selecting text inside an AP Div

I've been having a problem every time I try to select text within an AP Div container. Instead fo placing the cursor inside the div, my cursor turns into the hand, and if I'm trying to select, I end up moving the div around. As far as I know, the "hand" icon should only be there if I hover it over the border of the div itself, or if it is selected at the bottom of the screen (which it is not).
What I've ended up doing throughout the past few weeks of class is double-clicking to select a word, and then from that point, I can select normally, even after I change divs. That is, until I close and reopen the file.
Anybody have any ideas why this is, or how to get around it otherwise?
Eric the Grey

David_Powers wrote:
The reason is probably because the text fills the full height of the AP Div. It's usually not a good idea to put text in an element that has a fixed height, particularly an AP Div. If the text size is increased, it will spill out of the div and overlap other elements below it on the page.
Double-clicking is the correct way to open for editing an element that has more content than its declared height. The alternative is to right-click and select Element View > Full from the context menu. After you have finished editing, press F5 to restore the page.
Well, the templates I've created had only a few lines within them, no where neare filling up the div's. Also, they all have overflow set to auto so they generate scroll bars.
However, if double-clicking is the correct way to open them for editing, I guess that's that. Your alternate doesn't seem to make any changes at all in respect to this behaviour.
Although perhaps I should mention that I'm using a Mac (OSX Snow Leopard) to do this, not windows.
Eric the Grey

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