How to Select Hyperlink Text in Google Chrome?

As of Chrome v52, it now works the same way as Firefox: Pressing ALT while selecting text prevents hyperlinks being followed, and therefore allows all or partial text in links to be selected and copied. For older versions of Chrome: Start the selection just above the text (not below). Just before the mouse cursor changes to a hand. This way you can drag to the right and don't need to mess with the left arrow (which doesn't seem to work anyway). This unfortunately fails if there is selectable co…