Background

Currently, under each user's Personal Settings for the Confluence site, it's possible to uncheck the option "Show option panel when text is selected". However, that option only applies to the text selection/highlight in VIEW mode, not in EDIT mode.

This feature was fixed for Page Views via bug CONFCLOUD-68244.

Suggestion

This suggestion entry asks for the possibility of completely disabling any floating/inline/popup menu options when selecting/highlighting text on pages and live docs, both in view and edit mode.

Ideally, this is expected to be enabled/disabled at the user level, similar to "Show option panel when text is selected", so only the selected users who require using it can do so, understanding that will be disruptive for options such as inline comments, Ask AI, and Create Jira work items. 

Workaround

Currently, the only known workaround requires using custom tools, like browser extensions, to modify the site's CSS:

div[aria-label="Selection toolbar"] {
    display: none;
}