When I select text with the trackpad, which isn't all that often, I'll usually double-click on the first word and drag, so I don't need to be very precise. Or t

When I select text with the trackpad, which isn't all that often, I'll usually double-click on the first word and drag, so I don't need to be very precise. Or triple-click if I need the whole paragraph. When editing text or code I almost always navigate and select using the keyboard, but I do that regardless of the pointer device I'm using.