diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
index f79500f..b40cfe8 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ use crate::hotkeys::{format_binding, HotkeyAction, HotkeyContext, KeyBinding};
 use crate::presence::PresenceMode;
 use crate::theme::{AppTheme, Palette};
 use crate::widget::context_input::{context_input, locked_value};
+use crate::widget::selectable_text::selectable_rich_text;
 
 use iced::widget::{
     container, column, row, text, button, scrollable, slider, checkbox, pick_list,
     radio, tooltip, progress_bar, canvas, Canvas, Column, stack, mouse_area,
-    rich_text, span, responsive,
+    span, responsive,
 };
 use iced::widget::text_input;
 use iced::widget::canvas::{Action, Frame, Geometry, Path, Program};
@@ -4670,8 +4671,9 @@ fn view(state: &AppState) -> Element<'_, AppMessage> {
                         }
                     })
                     .collect();
-                let body = rich_text(spans)
+                let body = selectable_rich_text(spans)
                     .on_link_click(AppMessage::OpenUrl)
+                    .selection_color(color_blue)
                     .width(iced::Length::Fill);
                 // Small avatar keyed on the sender's id (falls back to name); the
                 // " (You)" suffix on our own echoes is stripped for clean initials.
diff --git a/src/widget/mod.rs b/src/widget/mod.rs
index a1ead38..4cf7c97 100644
--- a/src/widget/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widget/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod context_input;
+pub mod selectable_text;
diff --git a/src/widget/selectable_text.rs b/src/widget/selectable_text.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c015bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widget/selectable_text.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,890 @@
+use iced::advanced::clipboard::{self, Clipboard};
+use iced::advanced::layout;
+use iced::advanced::mouse;
+use iced::advanced::renderer;
+use iced::advanced::text::{self as advanced_text, Paragraph, Span};
+use iced::advanced::widget::tree::{self, Tree};
+use iced::advanced::widget::Widget;
+use iced::advanced::{Layout, Shell};
+use iced::widget::text::{
+    self as widget_text, Alignment, Catalog, LineHeight, Shaping, Style, StyleFn,
+    Wrapping,
+};
+use iced::{
+    alignment, Background, Border, Color, Element, Event, Length, Pixels, Point,
+    Rectangle, Size, Vector, keyboard,
+};
+
+const DRAG_THRESHOLD: f32 = 3.0;
+const HIT_SEARCH_STEPS: usize = 24;
+
+// Offsets here are paragraph-global BYTE offsets. `Paragraph::hit_test` returns
+// `Hit::CharOffset(cursor.index)`, and cosmic-text's `cursor.index` is a byte
+// offset WITHIN its buffer line — it discards the line number. That equals the
+// global byte offset only when the text is a single logical line. Chat bodies
+// satisfy this because `app::sanitize_chat` turns every control char (incl. `\n`
+// and `\r`) into a space and collapses whitespace, so a stored message can never
+// contain a newline. If that sanitizer ever starts preserving newlines, this
+// widget's per-line offsets would stop being global and selection/copy across
+// lines would break — revisit then.
+
+pub fn selected_substring(
+    text: &str,
+    anchor: usize,
+    cursor: usize,
+) -> Option<String> {
+    let (start, end) = normalized_byte_range(text, anchor, cursor);
+
+    (start != end).then(|| text[start..end].to_owned())
+}
+
+pub fn select_all(text: &str) -> (usize, usize) {
+    (0, text.len())
+}
+
+fn normalized_byte_range(
+    text: &str,
+    anchor: usize,
+    cursor: usize,
+) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let start = clamp_to_char_boundary(text, anchor.min(cursor));
+    let end = clamp_to_char_boundary(text, anchor.max(cursor));
+
+    (start.min(end), start.max(end))
+}
+
+fn clamp_to_char_boundary(text: &str, offset: usize) -> usize {
+    let mut offset = offset.min(text.len());
+
+    while offset > 0 && !text.is_char_boundary(offset) {
+        offset -= 1;
+    }
+
+    offset
+}
+
+pub fn selectable_rich_text<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>(
+    spans: impl AsRef<[Span<'a, Link, Renderer::Font>]> + 'a,
+) -> SelectableRichText<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>
+where
+    Link: Clone + 'static,
+    Theme: Catalog + 'a,
+    Renderer: advanced_text::Renderer,
+    Renderer::Font: 'a,
+{
+    SelectableRichText::with_spans(spans)
+}
+
+pub struct SelectableRichText<
+    'a,
+    Link,
+    Message,
+    Theme = iced::Theme,
+    Renderer = iced::Renderer,
+> where
+    Link: Clone + 'static,
+    Theme: Catalog,
+    Renderer: advanced_text::Renderer,
+{
+    spans: Box<dyn AsRef<[Span<'a, Link, Renderer::Font>]> + 'a>,
+    size: Option<Pixels>,
+    line_height: LineHeight,
+    width: Length,
+    height: Length,
+    font: Option<Renderer::Font>,
+    align_x: Alignment,
+    align_y: alignment::Vertical,
+    wrapping: Wrapping,
+    class: Theme::Class<'a>,
+    hovered_link: Option<usize>,
+    on_link_click: Option<Box<dyn Fn(Link) -> Message + 'a>>,
+    selection_color: Color,
+}
+
+impl<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>
+    SelectableRichText<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>
+where
+    Link: Clone + 'static,
+    Theme: Catalog,
+    Renderer: advanced_text::Renderer,
+    Renderer::Font: 'a,
+{
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            spans: Box::new([]),
+            size: None,
+            line_height: LineHeight::default(),
+            width: Length::Shrink,
+            height: Length::Shrink,
+            font: None,
+            align_x: Alignment::Default,
+            align_y: alignment::Vertical::Top,
+            wrapping: Wrapping::default(),
+            class: Theme::default(),
+            hovered_link: None,
+            on_link_click: None,
+            selection_color: Color::from_rgba(0.35, 0.55, 0.95, 0.35),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_spans(
+        spans: impl AsRef<[Span<'a, Link, Renderer::Font>]> + 'a,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            spans: Box::new(spans),
+            ..Self::new()
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn size(mut self, size: impl Into<Pixels>) -> Self {
+        self.size = Some(size.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn line_height(mut self, line_height: impl Into<LineHeight>) -> Self {
+        self.line_height = line_height.into();
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn font(mut self, font: impl Into<Renderer::Font>) -> Self {
+        self.font = Some(font.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn width(mut self, width: impl Into<Length>) -> Self {
+        self.width = width.into();
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn height(mut self, height: impl Into<Length>) -> Self {
+        self.height = height.into();
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn align_x(mut self, alignment: impl Into<Alignment>) -> Self {
+        self.align_x = alignment.into();
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn align_y(
+        mut self,
+        alignment: impl Into<alignment::Vertical>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.align_y = alignment.into();
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn wrapping(mut self, wrapping: Wrapping) -> Self {
+        self.wrapping = wrapping;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn on_link_click(
+        mut self,
+        on_link_click: impl Fn(Link) -> Message + 'a,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.on_link_click = Some(Box::new(on_link_click));
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn selection_color(mut self, color: Color) -> Self {
+        self.selection_color = Color {
+            a: color.a.min(0.35),
+            ..color
+        };
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn style(mut self, style: impl Fn(&Theme) -> Style + 'a) -> Self
+    where
+        Theme::Class<'a>: From<StyleFn<'a, Theme>>,
+    {
+        self.class = (Box::new(style) as StyleFn<'a, Theme>).into();
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn color(self, color: impl Into<Color>) -> Self
+    where
+        Theme::Class<'a>: From<StyleFn<'a, Theme>>,
+    {
+        self.color_maybe(Some(color))
+    }
+
+    pub fn color_maybe(self, color: Option<impl Into<Color>>) -> Self
+    where
+        Theme::Class<'a>: From<StyleFn<'a, Theme>>,
+    {
+        let color = color.map(Into::into);
+
+        self.style(move |_theme| Style { color })
+    }
+
+    pub fn class(mut self, class: impl Into<Theme::Class<'a>>) -> Self {
+        self.class = class.into();
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer> Default
+    for SelectableRichText<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>
+where
+    Link: Clone + 'static,
+    Theme: Catalog,
+    Renderer: advanced_text::Renderer,
+    Renderer::Font: 'a,
+{
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+struct SelectableTextState<Link, P: Paragraph> {
+    spans: Vec<Span<'static, Link, P::Font>>,
+    span_pressed: Option<usize>,
+    paragraph: P,
+    selection: Option<(usize, usize)>,
+    dragging: bool,
+    active: bool,
+    press_position: Option<Point>,
+}
+
+impl<Link, P: Paragraph> SelectableTextState<Link, P> {
+    fn selection_range(&self, text: &str) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
+        let (anchor, cursor) = self.selection?;
+        let (start, end) = normalized_byte_range(text, anchor, cursor);
+
+        (start != end).then_some((start, end))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Link, Message, Theme, Renderer> Widget<Message, Theme, Renderer>
+    for SelectableRichText<'_, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>
+where
+    Link: Clone + 'static,
+    Theme: Catalog,
+    Renderer: advanced_text::Renderer,
+{
+    fn tag(&self) -> tree::Tag {
+        tree::Tag::of::<SelectableTextState<Link, Renderer::Paragraph>>()
+    }
+
+    fn state(&self) -> tree::State {
+        tree::State::new(SelectableTextState::<Link, _> {
+            spans: Vec::new(),
+            span_pressed: None,
+            paragraph: Renderer::Paragraph::default(),
+            selection: None,
+            dragging: false,
+            active: false,
+            press_position: None,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn size(&self) -> Size<Length> {
+        Size {
+            width: self.width,
+            height: self.height,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn layout(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        limits: &layout::Limits,
+    ) -> layout::Node {
+        layout_text(
+            tree.state
+                .downcast_mut::<SelectableTextState<Link, Renderer::Paragraph>>(),
+            renderer,
+            limits,
+            TextLayout {
+                width: self.width,
+                height: self.height,
+                spans: self.spans.as_ref().as_ref(),
+                line_height: self.line_height,
+                size: self.size,
+                font: self.font,
+                align_x: self.align_x,
+                align_y: self.align_y,
+                wrapping: self.wrapping,
+            },
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn draw(
+        &self,
+        tree: &Tree,
+        renderer: &mut Renderer,
+        theme: &Theme,
+        defaults: &renderer::Style,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        _cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+    ) {
+        if !layout.bounds().intersects(viewport) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let state = tree
+            .state
+            .downcast_ref::<SelectableTextState<Link, Renderer::Paragraph>>();
+        let spans = self.spans.as_ref().as_ref();
+        let flat_text = flatten_spans(spans);
+        let style = theme.style(&self.class);
+        let translation = layout.position() - Point::ORIGIN;
+
+        if let Some((start, end)) = state.selection_range(&flat_text) {
+            let mut rects = selection_rects(&state.paragraph, spans.len(), start, end);
+            if rects.is_empty() {
+                rects = visual_lines(&state.paragraph, spans.len());
+            }
+
+            for bounds in rects {
+                renderer.fill_quad(
+                    renderer::Quad {
+                        bounds: bounds + translation,
+                        border: Border {
+                            radius: 2.0.into(),
+                            ..Border::default()
+                        },
+                        ..renderer::Quad::default()
+                    },
+                    Background::Color(self.selection_color),
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (index, span) in spans.iter().enumerate() {
+            let is_hovered_link = self.on_link_click.is_some()
+                && Some(index) == self.hovered_link;
+
+            if span.highlight.is_some()
+                || span.underline
+                || span.strikethrough
+                || is_hovered_link
+            {
+                let regions = state.paragraph.span_bounds(index);
+
+                if let Some(highlight) = span.highlight {
+                    for bounds in &regions {
+                        let bounds = Rectangle::new(
+                            bounds.position()
+                                - Vector::new(
+                                    span.padding.left,
+                                    span.padding.top,
+                                ),
+                            bounds.size()
+                                + Size::new(span.padding.x(), span.padding.y()),
+                        );
+
+                        renderer.fill_quad(
+                            renderer::Quad {
+                                bounds: bounds + translation,
+                                border: highlight.border,
+                                ..Default::default()
+                            },
+                            highlight.background,
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if span.underline || span.strikethrough || is_hovered_link {
+                    let size = span
+                        .size
+                        .or(self.size)
+                        .unwrap_or(renderer.default_size());
+
+                    let line_height = span
+                        .line_height
+                        .unwrap_or(self.line_height)
+                        .to_absolute(size);
+
+                    let color = span
+                        .color
+                        .or(style.color)
+                        .unwrap_or(defaults.text_color);
+
+                    let baseline = translation
+                        + Vector::new(
+                            0.0,
+                            size.0 + (line_height.0 - size.0) / 2.0,
+                        );
+
+                    if span.underline || is_hovered_link {
+                        for bounds in &regions {
+                            renderer.fill_quad(
+                                renderer::Quad {
+                                    bounds: Rectangle::new(
+                                        bounds.position() + baseline
+                                            - Vector::new(0.0, size.0 * 0.08),
+                                        Size::new(bounds.width, 1.0),
+                                    ),
+                                    ..Default::default()
+                                },
+                                color,
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if span.strikethrough {
+                        for bounds in &regions {
+                            renderer.fill_quad(
+                                renderer::Quad {
+                                    bounds: Rectangle::new(
+                                        bounds.position() + baseline
+                                            - Vector::new(0.0, size.0 / 2.0),
+                                        Size::new(bounds.width, 1.0),
+                                    ),
+                                    ..Default::default()
+                                },
+                                color,
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        widget_text::draw(
+            renderer,
+            defaults,
+            layout.bounds(),
+            &state.paragraph,
+            style,
+            viewport,
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn update(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        event: &Event,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        _renderer: &Renderer,
+        clipboard: &mut dyn Clipboard,
+        shell: &mut Shell<'_, Message>,
+        _viewport: &Rectangle,
+    ) {
+        let bounds = layout.bounds();
+        let local_position = cursor.position_in(bounds);
+        let state = tree
+            .state
+            .downcast_mut::<SelectableTextState<Link, Renderer::Paragraph>>();
+        let spans = self.spans.as_ref().as_ref();
+        let flat_text = flatten_spans(spans);
+
+        let was_hovered = self.hovered_link.is_some();
+        self.hovered_link = local_position.and_then(|position| {
+            state.paragraph.hit_span(position).and_then(|span| {
+                if spans.get(span)?.link.is_some() {
+                    Some(span)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+        });
+
+        if was_hovered != self.hovered_link.is_some() {
+            shell.request_redraw();
+        }
+
+        match event {
+            Event::Mouse(mouse::Event::ButtonPressed(mouse::Button::Left)) => {
+                if let Some(position) = local_position {
+                    state.active = true;
+                    state.dragging = true;
+                    state.press_position = Some(position);
+                    state.span_pressed = self.hovered_link;
+                    state.selection = state
+                        .paragraph
+                        .hit_test(position)
+                        .map(|hit| {
+                            let offset = hit.cursor().min(flat_text.len());
+                            (offset, offset)
+                        });
+                    shell.capture_event();
+                    shell.request_redraw();
+                } else if state.active || state.selection.is_some() {
+                    state.active = false;
+                    state.dragging = false;
+                    state.press_position = None;
+                    state.span_pressed = None;
+                    state.selection = None;
+                    shell.request_redraw();
+                }
+            }
+            Event::Mouse(mouse::Event::CursorMoved { .. }) => {
+                if state.dragging
+                    && let Some(position) = clamped_position(cursor, bounds)
+                    && let Some(hit) = state.paragraph.hit_test(position)
+                    && let Some((anchor, _)) = state.selection
+                {
+                    state.selection =
+                        Some((anchor, hit.cursor().min(flat_text.len())));
+                    shell.request_redraw();
+                }
+            }
+            Event::Mouse(mouse::Event::ButtonReleased(mouse::Button::Left)) => {
+                if state.dragging {
+                    let release_position = clamped_position(cursor, bounds)
+                        .or(local_position)
+                        .or(state.press_position);
+                    let dragged = state
+                        .press_position
+                        .zip(release_position)
+                        .is_some_and(|(start, end)| point_distance(start, end) > DRAG_THRESHOLD);
+
+                    if let Some(position) = release_position
+                        && let Some(hit) = state.paragraph.hit_test(position)
+                        && let Some((anchor, _)) = state.selection
+                    {
+                        state.selection =
+                            Some((anchor, hit.cursor().min(flat_text.len())));
+                    }
+
+                    if !dragged {
+                        if let (Some(on_link_clicked), Some(span)) =
+                            (&self.on_link_click, state.span_pressed)
+                            && Some(span) == self.hovered_link
+                            && let Some(link) =
+                                spans.get(span).and_then(|span| span.link.clone())
+                        {
+                            shell.publish(on_link_clicked(link));
+                        }
+                        state.selection = None;
+                    } else if state.selection_range(&flat_text).is_none() {
+                        state.selection = None;
+                    }
+
+                    state.dragging = false;
+                    state.span_pressed = None;
+                    state.press_position = None;
+                    shell.capture_event();
+                    shell.request_redraw();
+                }
+            }
+            Event::Keyboard(keyboard::Event::KeyPressed {
+                key,
+                physical_key,
+                modifiers,
+                ..
+            }) if state.active && modifiers.command() => {
+                match key.to_latin(*physical_key) {
+                    Some('c') | Some('C') => {
+                        if let Some((anchor, cursor)) = state.selection
+                            && let Some(selected) =
+                                selected_substring(&flat_text, anchor, cursor)
+                        {
+                            clipboard.write(clipboard::Kind::Standard, selected);
+                            shell.capture_event();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Some('a') | Some('A') => {
+                        state.selection = Some(select_all(&flat_text));
+                        shell.capture_event();
+                        shell.request_redraw();
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn mouse_interaction(
+        &self,
+        tree: &Tree,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        _viewport: &Rectangle,
+        _renderer: &Renderer,
+    ) -> mouse::Interaction {
+        let state = tree
+            .state
+            .downcast_ref::<SelectableTextState<Link, Renderer::Paragraph>>();
+
+        if state.dragging {
+            mouse::Interaction::Text
+        } else if self.hovered_link.is_some() {
+            mouse::Interaction::Pointer
+        } else if cursor.is_over(layout.bounds()) {
+            mouse::Interaction::Text
+        } else {
+            mouse::Interaction::None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct TextLayout<'a, 'span, Link, Font> {
+    width: Length,
+    height: Length,
+    spans: &'a [Span<'span, Link, Font>],
+    line_height: LineHeight,
+    size: Option<Pixels>,
+    font: Option<Font>,
+    align_x: Alignment,
+    align_y: alignment::Vertical,
+    wrapping: Wrapping,
+}
+
+fn layout_text<Link, Renderer>(
+    state: &mut SelectableTextState<Link, Renderer::Paragraph>,
+    renderer: &Renderer,
+    limits: &layout::Limits,
+    config: TextLayout<'_, '_, Link, Renderer::Font>,
+) -> layout::Node
+where
+    Link: Clone,
+    Renderer: advanced_text::Renderer,
+{
+    layout::sized(limits, config.width, config.height, |limits| {
+        let bounds = limits.max();
+        let size = config.size.unwrap_or_else(|| renderer.default_size());
+        let font = config.font.unwrap_or_else(|| renderer.default_font());
+
+        let text_with_spans = || advanced_text::Text {
+            content: config.spans,
+            bounds,
+            size,
+            line_height: config.line_height,
+            font,
+            align_x: config.align_x,
+            align_y: config.align_y,
+            shaping: Shaping::Advanced,
+            wrapping: config.wrapping,
+        };
+
+        if state.spans != config.spans {
+            state.paragraph =
+                Renderer::Paragraph::with_spans(text_with_spans());
+            state.spans = config
+                .spans
+                .iter()
+                .cloned()
+                .map(Span::to_static)
+                .collect();
+        } else {
+            match state.paragraph.compare(advanced_text::Text {
+                content: (),
+                bounds,
+                size,
+                line_height: config.line_height,
+                font,
+                align_x: config.align_x,
+                align_y: config.align_y,
+                shaping: Shaping::Advanced,
+                wrapping: config.wrapping,
+            }) {
+                advanced_text::Difference::None => {}
+                advanced_text::Difference::Bounds => {
+                    state.paragraph.resize(bounds);
+                }
+                advanced_text::Difference::Shape => {
+                    state.paragraph =
+                        Renderer::Paragraph::with_spans(text_with_spans());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        state.paragraph.min_bounds()
+    })
+}
+
+fn flatten_spans<Link, Font>(spans: &[Span<'_, Link, Font>]) -> String {
+    spans
+        .iter()
+        .map(|span| span.text.as_ref())
+        .collect::<String>()
+}
+
+fn selection_rects<P: Paragraph>(
+    paragraph: &P,
+    span_count: usize,
+    start: usize,
+    end: usize,
+) -> Vec<Rectangle> {
+    visual_lines(paragraph, span_count)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|line| selection_rect_for_line(paragraph, line, start, end))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn selection_rect_for_line<P: Paragraph>(
+    paragraph: &P,
+    line: Rectangle,
+    start: usize,
+    end: usize,
+) -> Option<Rectangle> {
+    let y = line.center_y();
+    let paragraph_width = paragraph.bounds().width.max(line.x + line.width + 1.0);
+    let left_probe = line.x.max(0.0);
+    let right_probe = (line.x + line.width + 1.0).min(paragraph_width.max(1.0));
+    let line_start = paragraph
+        .hit_test(Point::new(left_probe, y))
+        .map(advanced_text::Hit::cursor)?;
+    let line_end = paragraph
+        .hit_test(Point::new(right_probe, y))
+        .map(advanced_text::Hit::cursor)
+        .unwrap_or(line_start);
+    let (line_start, line_end) = if line_start <= line_end {
+        (line_start, line_end)
+    } else {
+        (line_end, line_start)
+    };
+    let overlap_start = start.max(line_start);
+    let overlap_end = end.min(line_end);
+
+    if overlap_start >= overlap_end {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let x_start = if overlap_start <= line_start {
+        line.x
+    } else {
+        x_for_offset(paragraph, y, overlap_start, line.x, line.x + line.width)
+    };
+    let x_end = if overlap_end >= line_end {
+        line.x + line.width
+    } else {
+        x_for_offset(paragraph, y, overlap_end, line.x, line.x + line.width)
+    };
+    let left = x_start.min(x_end);
+    let right = x_start.max(x_end);
+
+    (right > left).then(|| {
+        Rectangle::new(
+            Point::new(left, line.y),
+            Size::new(right - left, line.height),
+        )
+    })
+}
+
+fn x_for_offset<P: Paragraph>(
+    paragraph: &P,
+    y: f32,
+    offset: usize,
+    left: f32,
+    right: f32,
+) -> f32 {
+    let mut low = left;
+    let mut high = right.max(left);
+
+    for _ in 0..HIT_SEARCH_STEPS {
+        let mid = (low + high) / 2.0;
+        let hit = paragraph
+            .hit_test(Point::new(mid, y))
+            .map(advanced_text::Hit::cursor);
+
+        match hit {
+            Some(hit) if hit < offset => low = mid,
+            Some(_) => high = mid,
+            None => break,
+        }
+    }
+
+    high
+}
+
+fn visual_lines<P: Paragraph>(
+    paragraph: &P,
+    span_count: usize,
+) -> Vec<Rectangle> {
+    let mut lines: Vec<Rectangle> = Vec::new();
+
+    for span in 0..span_count {
+        for bounds in paragraph.span_bounds(span) {
+            if bounds.width <= 0.0 || bounds.height <= 0.0 {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if let Some(line) = lines
+                .iter_mut()
+                .find(|line| (line.center_y() - bounds.center_y()).abs() < 1.0)
+            {
+                *line = union(*line, bounds);
+            } else {
+                lines.push(bounds);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    lines.sort_by(|a, b| a.y.total_cmp(&b.y));
+    lines
+}
+
+fn union(a: Rectangle, b: Rectangle) -> Rectangle {
+    let left = a.x.min(b.x);
+    let top = a.y.min(b.y);
+    let right = (a.x + a.width).max(b.x + b.width);
+    let bottom = (a.y + a.height).max(b.y + b.height);
+
+    Rectangle::new(
+        Point::new(left, top),
+        Size::new(right - left, bottom - top),
+    )
+}
+
+fn clamped_position(cursor: mouse::Cursor, bounds: Rectangle) -> Option<Point> {
+    cursor.position_from(bounds.position()).map(|position| {
+        Point::new(
+            position.x.clamp(0.0, bounds.width.max(1.0) - 1.0),
+            position.y.clamp(0.0, bounds.height.max(1.0) - 1.0),
+        )
+    })
+}
+
+fn point_distance(a: Point, b: Point) -> f32 {
+    let dx = a.x - b.x;
+    let dy = a.y - b.y;
+
+    (dx * dx + dy * dy).sqrt()
+}
+
+impl<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>
+    From<SelectableRichText<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>>
+    for Element<'a, Message, Theme, Renderer>
+where
+    Message: 'a,
+    Link: Clone + 'a,
+    Theme: Catalog + 'a,
+    Renderer: advanced_text::Renderer + 'a,
+{
+    fn from(
+        text: SelectableRichText<'a, Link, Message, Theme, Renderer>,
+    ) -> Element<'a, Message, Theme, Renderer> {
+        Element::new(text)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selected_substring_returns_middle_and_none_for_collapsed() {
+        assert_eq!(selected_substring("abcdef", 2, 5), Some("cde".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(selected_substring("abcdef", 3, 3), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selected_substring_handles_reversed_range() {
+        assert_eq!(selected_substring("abcdef", 5, 2), Some("cde".to_owned()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn select_all_uses_byte_length() {
+        assert_eq!(select_all(""), (0, 0));
+        assert_eq!(select_all("aé👍z"), (0, "aé👍z".len()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unicode_selection_uses_byte_offsets_without_panicking() {
+        let text = "aé👍z";
+
+        assert_eq!(selected_substring(text, 1, 7), Some("é👍".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(selected_substring(text, 3, 7), Some("👍".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(selected_substring(text, 2, 7), Some("é👍".to_owned()));
+    }
+}