diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx
index a48674d56..4cf5a7484 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ export default function Page({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const onKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (!isWrappedWithClass(event, "nocopy")) {
+      if (
+        !isWrappedWithClass(event, "nocopy") &&
+        window.getSelection()?.toString().length === 0
+      ) {
         if (
           (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) &&
           event.key === "c" &&