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by al_borland 317 days ago
How is it supposed to know what parts you want from the output?

If you only want part of the output, select the part you want a copy it. A dedicated copy button not copying everything would be very confusing and frustrating. The only time I ever use copy buttons are when I was absolutely everything, without worrying about getting extra stuff from the previous/next post or weird invisible characters.