Select text and press the R key on your keyboard to reply with the selected text quoted.
Gmail Quote Selected Text v2 Extension
This extension is meant to bring back the \"Quote Selected Text\" functionality that was removed from Gmail Labs
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Source Manifest.json
{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Gmail Quote Selected Text v2", "description": "Select text and press the R key on your keyboard to reply with the selected text quoted.", "version": "0.2", "browser_action": { }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "https://mail.google.com/*" ], "js": ["content.js"] } ]}
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