Cannot select neighboring words

Steps to reproduce

1 try to select part of a sentence, i.e. several words
2 fail

Expected result

selecting words

Actual result

whole item being selected, less than what the mouse/finger covers being selected, or nothing happening

Environment

latest version of Desktop+latest version of Chrome+Safari
Mac Catalina 10.15.4
no third-party scripts
using mouse or touchpad


Additional information

see attached video


Additional comments

selecting part of a sentence works in other apps

Just tested on 10.15.4 latest Safari and latest Chrome. Didnā€™t seem to have any issues selecting text at all.

Did it just started happening for you? Did it used to work before?

Also your video didnā€™t seem to be attached.