Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/download/BoundingBoxSelection.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/download/BoundingBoxSelection.java	(revision 1063)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/download/BoundingBoxSelection.java	(revision 1064)
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 import static org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.I18n.tr;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
@@ -9,4 +10,5 @@
 import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
 import java.awt.event.FocusListener;
+import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
@@ -38,5 +40,5 @@
 			new JTextField(11) };
 	final JTextArea osmUrl = new JTextArea();
-	final JLabel showUrl = new JLabel();
+	final JTextArea showUrl = new JTextArea();
 	String noteUrl = tr("You can paste an URL here to download the area.");
 	
@@ -120,4 +122,12 @@
 		dlg.add(osmUrl, GBC.eop().insets(10,0,5,0).fill());
 		dlg.add(showUrl, GBC.eop().insets(10,0,5,5));
+		showUrl.setEditable(false);
+		showUrl.setBackground(dlg.getBackground());
+		showUrl.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
+		   @Override
+		    public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
+		        showUrl.selectAll();
+		    } 
+		});
 
 		gui.tabpane.addTab(tr("Bounding Box"), dlg);