PLEASE ADD THE ABILITY TO COPY ALL FROM THE SERIAL MONITOR
Even when I highlight all I can't do a copy and paste from the selection.
Simple need to get the whole monitor output to inspect the results.
Thanks!!!!
Hi @chazlarduous. The Arduino IDE developers are tracking the missing/broken capability here:
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Thanks - a basic need. Sooner the better 
I'm aware that it's not as convenient but any 3rd party terminal program can be used as a 'serial monitor'.
The only drawback is that, before you do an upload, you'll have to close the port. The major advantage is that you can, with most (maybe all) of them, log to file so no copy/paste needed.
You could log the serial data directly to a file from the command prompt (no installation necessary)
CMD open a command window.
Type:
type comX: >> data.log where X is the com port number your Arduino is talking to.
Its been a while but I think this needs to be run from C:\windows
@JohnRob, one might have to configure the com port first. My Windows machine is down due to load shedding so can't check at this moment.
No idea how to do that configuration in e.g. Linux; I'll take that hurdle when I need it 
To configure the port in Windows:
In Device Manager (just search for "Device Manage") set the com port to the same as the Arduino port setup.
I was able to capture the port through the FTDI programmer board, just had to turn off the IDE serial capture.
You can do it from the command line 
I've not tried from the command line. I would have to find my old "DOS" boot
The serial monitor in IDE2 still seems to have a few shortcomings even compared to the previous IDE.
Having tried PUTTY and its friends I've found TERMITE to be simple to use, and works well. I leave a notepad window open and I can copy and paste as required.
You do need to choose the correct port and flow control needs to be rts/cts as shown here
You can turn the communication on and off easily with the button( top left , showing com1 etc).
Portable so needs no installation.
The installed version includes (among others) a plug-in for writing to a log file.
I looked for a button to stop scrolling:
By default, Termite scrolls its reception window so that the most recently received text is displayed. In case you want to look back at text that has scrolled out of the reception view, just scroll the text back into view. Termite will stop to scroll to the end every time it receives new data.
To make Termite restart with its automatic scrolling to newly received data, scroll the reception view manually to the end of the data.
In other words, Termite only scrolls up text to show newly received data if it is already at the end of the current data.
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We really need this to be in the app - Not a workaround solution using outside serial monitors.
Sure there is a temporary workaround, but I can't see why this was capable in the old IDE and not the 2.0
Thank
I dont see adding compexity ncessarily improves the software. Having tried some stand-alone programs I find Termite gives me the best combination of ease of use and useful options the internal monitor doesnt.
I can put it wherever I want it, the ONLY downside I can see is the need to free the port when I'm updating the code; and that is just a single click on the blue button.
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