Quote tags - how do they work or not work?

[Vimala]

There have indeed be several people who have noticed it too. But it is indeed a discourse issue:

Problems with quote button?

Has anyone had issues with the reply and quote button? You highlight some text, then a button should appear, you click it, but nothing happens. I have seen this occasionally for the past month or two, and someone just posted a bug report on meta.discourse. Anyone else? https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-button-unreliable/55855