diff --git a/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/containers.test.ts b/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/containers.test.ts
index ffee6c777..21c2781ee 100644
--- a/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/containers.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/unit/node/markdown/plugins/containers.test.ts
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ describe('node/markdown/plugins/containers', () => {
       <p>content</p>
       </div>
       <details class="details custom-block"><summary>Click me to toggle the code</summary>
-      <div class="language-js" dir="ltr"><button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">js</span><pre><code class="language-js">console.log('hi')
+      <div class="language-js" dir="ltr"><pre><code class="language-js">console.log('hi')
       </code></pre>
-      </div></details>
+      <button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">js</span></div></details>
       "
     `)
   })
@@ -335,11 +335,11 @@ describe('node/markdown/plugins/containers', () => {
     ].join('\n')
     expect(await render(src)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       "<div class="vp-code-group"><div class="tabs"><input type="radio" name="group-0" id="tab-1" checked><label data-title="config.js" for="tab-1">config.js</label><input type="radio" name="group-0" id="tab-2" ><label data-title="config.ts" for="tab-2">config.ts</label></div><div class="blocks">
-      <div class="language-js active" dir="ltr"><button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">js</span><pre><code class="language-js">const a = 1
+      <div class="language-js active" dir="ltr"><pre><code class="language-js">const a = 1
       </code></pre>
-      </div><div class="language-ts" dir="ltr"><button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">ts</span><pre><code class="language-ts">const a: number = 1
+      <button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">js</span></div><div class="language-ts" dir="ltr"><pre><code class="language-ts">const a: number = 1
       </code></pre>
-      </div></div></div>
+      <button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">ts</span></div></div></div>
       "
     `)
   })
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ describe('node/markdown/plugins/containers (github alerts)', () => {
       <ul>
       <li>list item</li>
       </ul>
-      <div class="language-js" dir="ltr"><button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">js</span><pre><code class="language-js">const a = 1
+      <div class="language-js" dir="ltr"><pre><code class="language-js">const a = 1
       </code></pre>
-      </div></div>
+      <button title="Copy code" data-copied="Copied" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">js</span></div></div>
       "
     `)
   })
diff --git a/src/client/app/composables/copyCode.ts b/src/client/app/composables/copyCode.ts
index d5f088482..2008040a8 100644
--- a/src/client/app/composables/copyCode.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/composables/copyCode.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,33 @@ const ignoredNodes = ['.vp-copy-ignore', '.diff.remove'].join(', ')
 export function useCopyCode() {
   if (inBrowser) {
     const timeoutIdMap: WeakMap<HTMLElement, number> = new WeakMap()
+    let selectingBlock: HTMLElement | null = null
+
+    const blockOf = (node: Node | null) =>
+      node?.parentElement?.closest<HTMLElement>('div[class*="language-"]') ??
+      null
+
+    document.addEventListener('selectionchange', () => {
+      const selection = document.getSelection()
+      const block =
+        selection && !selection.isCollapsed
+          ? blockOf(selection.anchorNode) || blockOf(selection.focusNode)
+          : null
+
+      if (selectingBlock && selectingBlock !== block) {
+        selectingBlock.classList.remove('selecting')
+      }
+      if (block) {
+        block.classList.add('selecting')
+      }
+      selectingBlock = block
+    })
+
     window.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
       const el = e.target as HTMLElement
       if (el.matches('div[class*="language-"] > button.copy')) {
         const parent = el.parentElement
-        const sibling = el.nextElementSibling?.nextElementSibling // <pre> tag
+        const sibling = parent?.querySelector('pre')
         if (!parent || !sibling) {
           return
         }
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css b/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css
index a5ba52f7c..e710cec5e 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css
@@ -506,13 +506,16 @@
   top: 0.75rem;
   inset-inline-end: 0.75rem;
   z-index: 3;
+  pointer-events: none;
   border: 1px solid var(--vp-code-copy-code-border-color);
   border-radius: 0.25rem;
   width: 2.5rem;
   height: 2.5rem;
   background-color: var(--vp-code-copy-code-bg);
   opacity: 0;
+  visibility: hidden;
   cursor: pointer;
+  user-select: none;
   background-image: var(--vp-icon-copy);
   background-position: 50%;
   background-size: 1.25rem;
@@ -520,12 +523,36 @@
   transition:
     border-color 0.25s,
     background-color 0.25s,
-    opacity 0.25s;
+    opacity 0.25s,
+    visibility 0s 0.25s;
 }
 
 .vp-doc [class*='language-']:hover > button.copy,
+.vp-doc [class*='language-']:focus-within > button.copy,
 .vp-doc [class*='language-'] > button.copy:focus {
   opacity: 1;
+  visibility: visible;
+  pointer-events: auto;
+  transition:
+    border-color 0.25s,
+    background-color 0.25s,
+    opacity 0.25s,
+    visibility 0s;
+}
+
+.vp-doc [class*='language-'].selecting > button.copy:not(:focus),
+.vp-doc [class*='language-'].selecting > span.lang {
+  opacity: 0;
+  visibility: hidden;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.vp-doc [class*='language-'].selecting > button.copy:not(:focus) {
+  transition:
+    border-color 0.25s,
+    background-color 0.25s,
+    opacity 0.25s,
+    visibility 0s 0.25s;
 }
 
 .vp-doc [class*='language-'] > button.copy:hover,
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts
index 23e2b601a..948671ab3 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ export function preWrapperPlugin(md: MarkdownItAsync, options: Options) {
 
     return (
       `<div class="language-${lang}${active}" dir="ltr">` +
+      fence(...args) +
       `<button title="${tooltipText}" data-copied="${copiedText}" class="copy"></button>` +
       `<span class="lang">${label}</span>` +
-      fence(...args) +
       '</div>'
     )
   }