diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/selectable_text.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/selectable_text.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d427d643c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/selectable_text.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart' as fl;
+
+class SelectableText extends fl.StatelessWidget {
+  final String text;
+  final fl.TextStyle? style;
+  final fl.TextAlign? textAlign;
+  final int? maxLines;
+
+  const SelectableText(
+      this.text, {
+        super.key,
+        this.style,
+        this.textAlign,
+        this.maxLines,
+      });
+
+  @override
+  fl.Widget build(fl.BuildContext context) {
+    final textButtonStyle = fl.Theme.of(context).textButtonTheme.style?.copyWith(
+      backgroundColor: const fl.WidgetStatePropertyAll(fl.Colors.transparent),
+    );
+
+    return fl.SelectableText(
+      text,
+      style: style?.copyWith(overflow: fl.TextOverflow.ellipsis) ??
+          const fl.TextStyle(overflow: fl.TextOverflow.ellipsis),
+      textAlign: textAlign,
+      maxLines: maxLines,
+      contextMenuBuilder: (context, editableTextState) {
+        return fl.TapRegion(
+          onTapOutside: (_) => fl.ContextMenuController.removeAny(),
+          child: fl.TextButtonTheme(
+            data: fl.TextButtonThemeData(style: textButtonStyle),
+            child: fl.AdaptiveTextSelectionToolbar.buttonItems(
+              anchors: editableTextState.contextMenuAnchors,
+              buttonItems: editableTextState.contextMenuButtonItems,
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart
index 84ce2c890e..f8716c46c2 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Tooltip;
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Tooltip, SelectableText;
 
 import '../extensions.dart';
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
 import '../tooltip.dart';
 
 class IpAddresses extends StatelessWidget {
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart
index 6cba5047c7..61e991d8e1 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide SelectableText;
+
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
 
 class MemoryUsage extends StatelessWidget {
   final String used;
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart
index c8f3a6209c..26dfa016af 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import 'package:basics/basics.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide SelectableText;
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
 
 import '../extensions.dart';
 import '../providers.dart';
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
 import 'cpu_sparkline.dart';
 import 'memory_usage.dart';
 import 'vm_action_buttons.dart';
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart
index ebac8f94aa..895dceee18 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import 'package:basics/basics.dart';
 import 'package:built_collection/built_collection.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Tooltip;
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Tooltip, SelectableText;
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../extensions.dart';
 import '../providers.dart';
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
 import '../sidebar.dart';
 import '../tooltip.dart';
 import '../vm_details/cpu_sparkline.dart';