I don't think we're talking about the same problem here.
Regardless of how many dashes you have or how (ir)regularly they are spaced, to select the whole ID you must carefully click-drag-release around its boundaries, you can't just double-click anywhere in it to select.
Regardless of how many dashes you have or how (ir)regularly they are spaced, to select the whole ID you must carefully click-drag-release around its boundaries, you can't just double-click anywhere in it to select.