diff --git a/examples/component/input.cpp b/examples/component/input.cpp
index feafbba..aaa49cc 100644
--- a/examples/component/input.cpp
+++ b/examples/component/input.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int main() {
                text("select_end " + std::to_string(selection.endx) + ";" + std::to_string(selection.endy)),
                text("textToCopy " + textToCopy)
            }) |
-           border | selected(selection);
+           border | selected(selection, textToCopy);
   });
 
 
@@ -76,17 +76,26 @@ int main() {
     if (event.is_mouse()) {
       auto& mouse = event.mouse();
       if (mouse.button == Mouse::Left) {
-        if (mouse.motion == Mouse::Pressed) {
+
+        if (mouse.motion == Mouse::Pressed)
+        {
           selection.startx = mouse.x;
           selection.starty = mouse.y;
-          selection.endx = mouse.x;
+          selection.endx = mouse.x-1;
           selection.endy = mouse.y;
-        } else if (mouse.motion == Mouse::Released) {
-          selection.endx = mouse.x;
+
+          // screen.PixelAt(mouse.x, mouse.y).blink = true;
+          // screen.PixelAt(mouse.x, mouse.y).character = "K";
+          textToCopy += screen.PixelAt(mouse.x, mouse.y).character;
+        }
+        else if (mouse.motion == Mouse::Released)
+        {
+          selection.endx = mouse.x-1;
           selection.endy = mouse.y;
         }
-        else if (mouse.motion == Mouse::Moved) {
-          selection.endx = mouse.x;
+        else if (mouse.motion == Mouse::Moved)
+        {
+          selection.endx = mouse.x-1;
           selection.endy = mouse.y;
         }
 
diff --git a/include/ftxui/dom/elements.hpp b/include/ftxui/dom/elements.hpp
index 71eb376..517c21a 100644
--- a/include/ftxui/dom/elements.hpp
+++ b/include/ftxui/dom/elements.hpp
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ Element canvas(std::function<void(Canvas&)>);
 Element bold(Element);
 Element dim(Element);
 Element inverted(Element);
-Element selected(Region &selection, Element);
-Decorator selected(Region &selection);
+Element selected(Region &selection, std::string &destination, Element);
+Decorator selected(Region &selection, std::string &destination);
 Element underlined(Element);
 Element underlinedDouble(Element);
 Element blink(Element);
diff --git a/src/ftxui/dom/selected.cpp b/src/ftxui/dom/selected.cpp
index ebb9552..dec2253 100644
--- a/src/ftxui/dom/selected.cpp
+++ b/src/ftxui/dom/selected.cpp
@@ -16,20 +16,23 @@ namespace {
 class Selected : public NodeDecorator {
  public:
   using NodeDecorator::NodeDecorator;
-  Selected(Element child, Region &selection)
-      : NodeDecorator(std::move(child)), selection_(selection) {}
+  Selected(Element child, Region &selection, std::string &destination)
+      : NodeDecorator(std::move(child)), selection_(selection), destination_(destination) {}
 
   void Render(Screen& screen) override {
     Node::Render(screen);
+    destination_ = "";
     for (int y = selection_.starty; y <= selection_.endy; ++y) {
       for (int x = selection_.startx; x <= selection_.endx; ++x) {
         screen.PixelAt(x, y).inverted ^= true;
+        destination_ += screen.PixelAt(x, y).character;
       }
     }
   }
 
 private:
   Region &selection_;
+  std::string &destination_;
 };
 }  // namespace
 
@@ -37,12 +40,12 @@ private:
 /// colors.
 /// @ingroup dom
 
-Element selected(Region &selection, Element child) {
-  return std::make_shared<Selected>(std::move(child), selection);
+Element selected(Region &selection, std::string &destination, Element child) {
+  return std::make_shared<Selected>(std::move(child), selection, destination);
 }
 
-Decorator selected(Region &selection) {
-  return [&selection](Element child) { return selected(selection, std::move(child)); };
+Decorator selected(Region &selection, std::string &destination) {
+  return [&selection, &destination](Element child) { return selected(selection, destination, std::move(child)); };
 }
 
 }  // namespace ftxui