--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/ActionBarHandler.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/ActionBarHandler.js
@@ -617,18 +617,18 @@ var ActionBarHandler = {
     // Textarea can contain LF, etc.
     if (this._targetElement instanceof Ci.nsIDOMHTMLTextAreaElement) {
       let flags = Ci.nsIDocumentEncoder.OutputPreformatted |
         Ci.nsIDocumentEncoder.OutputRaw;
       return selection.QueryInterface(Ci.nsISelectionPrivate).
         toStringWithFormat("text/plain", flags, 0);
     }
 
-    // Selection text gets trimmed up.
-    return selection.toString().trim();
+    // Return explicitly selected text.
+    return selection.toString();
   },
 
   /**
    * Provides the nsISelection for either an editor, or from the
    * default window.
    */
   _getSelection: function(element = this._targetElement, win = this._contentWindow) {
     return (element instanceof Ci.nsIDOMNSEditableElement) ?