diff --git a/epicyon-follow.css b/epicyon-follow.css
index 827394ca0..0f9f925e9 100644
--- a/epicyon-follow.css
+++ b/epicyon-follow.css
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ input[type=text] {
         font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
         margin: var(--hashtag-margin);
         line-height: var(--hashtag-vertical-spacing1);
+        -webkit-user-select: all;
+        -ms-user-select: all;
+        user-select: all;
     }
     .hashtagswarm img {
 	width: 5%;
@@ -266,6 +269,9 @@ input[type=text] {
         font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
         margin: var(--hashtag-margin);
         line-height: var(--hashtag-vertical-spacing3);
+        -webkit-user-select: all;
+        -ms-user-select: all;
+        user-select: all;
     }
     .hashtagswarm img {
 	width: 5%;
@@ -320,6 +326,9 @@ input[type=text] {
         font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
         margin: var(--hashtag-margin);
         line-height: var(--hashtag-vertical-spacing3);
+        -webkit-user-select: all;
+        -ms-user-select: all;
+        user-select: all;
     }
     .hashtagswarm img {
 	width: 5%;
diff --git a/webapp_search.py b/webapp_search.py
index b7cfd4b53..534c5aeca 100644
--- a/webapp_search.py
+++ b/webapp_search.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def _html_common_emoji(base_dir: str, no_of_emoji: int) -> str:
                 '<label class="hashtagswarm"><img ' + \
                 'src="/emoji/' + emoji_name + '.png" ' + \
                 'alt="" title="">' + \
-                ':' + emoji_name + ':</label>\n'
+                '<textarea>:' + emoji_name + ':</textarea></label>\n'
             ctr += 1
         line_ctr += 1
     if html_str: