diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextArea.qml b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextArea.qml
index 65cde919b..f4ccddacc 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextArea.qml
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextArea.qml
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ Item {
             font.weight: theme.defaultFont.weight
             font.wordSpacing: theme.defaultFont.wordSpacing
             color: theme.viewTextColor
+            selectByMouse: true
 
             onCursorPositionChanged: {
                 if (cursorRectangle.x < flickArea.contentX) {
diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextField.qml b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextField.qml
index 4611f7273..ed644f126 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextField.qml
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/TextField.qml
@@ -137,10 +137,12 @@ Item {
         anchors {
             left: parent.left
             right: parent.right
+            verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
             // TODO: see what is the correct policy for margins
             leftMargin: 2 * base.margins.left
             rightMargin: 2 * base.margins.right
         }
+        selectByMouse: true
         y: (height - font.pixelSize) * 0.4 // XXX: verticalCenter anchor is not centering the text
         height: Math.min(2 * font.pixelSize, parent.height)
         color: theme.textColor