Enabled Selection (ctrl-A) on login password

chrome/browser/resources/chromeos/login/login.js

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /**
  * @fileoverview Login UI based on a stripped down OOBE controller.
  * TODO(xiyuan): Refactoring this to get a better structure.
  */
 
 var localStrings = new LocalStrings();
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   };
 
   // Export
   return {
     Oobe: Oobe
   };
 });
 
 var Oobe = cr.ui.Oobe;
 
-disableTextSelectAndDrag();
+// Allow selection events on components with editable text (password field)
+// bug (http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=125863)
+disableTextSelectAndDrag(function(e) {
+  var src = e.target;
+  return src instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement ||
+         src instanceof HTMLInputElement &&
+         /text|password|search/.test(src.type);
+});
 
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', cr.ui.Oobe.initialize);