# Rich Text: Resizing an image also triggers browser "selection" event

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/rich-text-resizing-an-image-also-triggers-browser-selection-event/5158>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Tags:** rich-text\
**Created:** [September 15, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/rich-text-resizing-an-image-also-triggers-browser-selection-event/5158 "2023-09-15T16:47:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/rich-text-resizing-an-image-also-triggers-browser-selection-event/5158/1 "2023-09-15T16:47:53Z")

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When editing a Rich Text, **resizing an embedded image** apparently triggers some kind of browser “selection” event.

I have a (Chrome) browser plugin called “Auto Copy” that reacts to every “text selection” in the browser by copying the new selection to the system clipboard (so I don’t have to hit `Ctrl+C`).

What happens when I resize a Rich Text embedded image is that this “Auto Copy” plugin detects a “_selection_” event and responds by copying the image div (as an HTML-format clip, not plain text) to my system clipboard:

```auto
<div data-pm-slice="0 0 []"><img src="/api/files/b1560ba3-85bd-4d46-8500-55976bf2e032#width=592&amp;height=227" alt="image.png" title="" data-node-height="400" data-node-width="900" data-node-page-width="true" data-node-full-width="false"></div>

```

This is unexpected, since I am not _selecting_ the image, only adjusting its size.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/rich-text-resizing-an-image-also-triggers-browser-selection-event/5158/2 "2023-09-15T17:16:20Z")

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Is it not reasonable that adjusting the size of something implies that you need to first select it?  
I mean, that’s my experience with most image manipulation tools, I think.

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/rich-text-resizing-an-image-also-triggers-browser-selection-event/5158/3 "2023-09-15T21:23:50Z")

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In this case I am just dragging the resizing handle/widget that appears next to the image… I was not expecting that to select the image.