diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/agents/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/agents/index.tsx
index ec8f186dd1b..6a1fbf9eeea 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/agents/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/agents/index.tsx
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ function SubagentRow({ node, depth = 0, nowMs }: { node: SubagentNode; depth?: n
       </button>
 
       {visibleRows.length > 0 ? (
-        <div className="grid min-w-0 gap-1 pl-6">
+        <div className="grid min-w-0 gap-1 pl-6" data-selectable-text="true">
           {visibleRows.map((entry, i) => (
             <StreamLine
               active={running && i === visibleRows.length - 1}
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ function SubagentRow({ node, depth = 0, nowMs }: { node: SubagentNode; depth?: n
       ) : null}
 
       {open && fileLines.length > 0 ? (
-        <div className="grid min-w-0 gap-0.5 pl-6">
+        <div className="grid min-w-0 gap-0.5 pl-6" data-selectable-text="true">
           <p className="text-[0.58rem] font-medium tracking-wider text-muted-foreground/60 uppercase">
             {t.agents.files}
           </p>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-center/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-center/index.tsx
index 4261cd7d2c0..57358186a03 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-center/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-center/index.tsx
@@ -426,7 +426,10 @@ export function CommandCenterView({ initialSection, onClose, onDeleteSession, on
                     </span>
                   )}
                 </div>
-                <pre className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-auto whitespace-pre-wrap wrap-break-word rounded-lg border border-(--ui-stroke-tertiary) bg-(--ui-bg-quinary) p-3 font-mono text-[0.65rem] leading-relaxed text-(--ui-text-tertiary)">
+                <pre
+                  className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-auto whitespace-pre-wrap wrap-break-word rounded-lg border border-(--ui-stroke-tertiary) bg-(--ui-bg-quinary) p-3 font-mono text-[0.65rem] leading-relaxed text-(--ui-text-tertiary)"
+                  data-selectable-text="true"
+                >
                   {logs.length ? logs.join('\n') : cc.noLogs}
                 </pre>
               </div>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.tsx
index a321096f183..d98ff2a9ace 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/toolset-config-panel.tsx
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ function PostSetupRunner({ toolset, postSetupKey, onComplete }: PostSetupRunnerP
       </div>
 
       {status && (status.lines.length > 0 || status.running) && (
-        <pre className="max-h-48 overflow-y-auto rounded-md bg-background px-2.5 py-1.5 font-mono text-[0.7rem] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground whitespace-pre-wrap">
+        <pre
+          className="max-h-48 overflow-y-auto rounded-md bg-background px-2.5 py-1.5 font-mono text-[0.7rem] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground whitespace-pre-wrap"
+          data-selectable-text="true"
+        >
           {status.lines.length > 0 ? status.lines.join('\n') : copy.postSetupStarting}
         </pre>
       )}
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/notifications.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/notifications.tsx
index ed26edbec0a..2558d27f93f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/notifications.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/notifications.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ function NotificationDetail({ detail }: { detail: string }) {
     <details className="mt-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
       <summary className="select-none font-medium text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground">{copy.details}</summary>
       <div className="mt-1 rounded-md bg-background/65 p-2">
-        <pre className="max-h-32 whitespace-pre-wrap wrap-break-word font-mono text-[0.6875rem] leading-relaxed">
+        <pre
+          className="max-h-32 whitespace-pre-wrap wrap-break-word font-mono text-[0.6875rem] leading-relaxed"
+          data-selectable-text="true"
+        >
           {detail}
         </pre>
         <CopyButton
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/log-view.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/log-view.tsx
index fcaad4d62b1..8ae191af8c0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/log-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/log-view.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 
 // Shared raw-log viewer: no bg, hairline border, tight padding, small mono.
 // One style everywhere we surface logs. Pass a max-h-* via className.
+// Selectable by default — logs exist to be read and copied.
 export function LogView({ className, ...props }: ComponentProps<'div'>) {
   return (
     <div
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ export function LogView({ className, ...props }: ComponentProps<'div'>) {
         'overflow-auto rounded-lg border border-(--ui-stroke-tertiary) px-2.5 py-1.5 font-mono text-[0.6875rem] leading-[1.5] whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-(--ui-text-tertiary) [scrollbar-width:thin]',
         className
       )}
+      data-selectable-text="true"
       {...props}
     />
   )