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  • #31059
    noahgelman
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    You know when you click your mouse and drag, it highlights texts and elements on the page and such? Is there a way to remove that function?

    #69345
    jamygolden
    Member
    -moz-user-select: none;
    -webkit-user-select: none;
    user-select: none;

    Gecko and Webkit are the only ones supporting it atm though.

    Or

    You could put an invisible div ontop of the text. Assuming this doesn’t have to be done in dynamic places.

    Edit: Also, I came across this javascript example:

    $.fn.disableSelection = function() {
    $(this).attr('unselectable', 'on')
    .css('-moz-user-select', 'none')
    .each(function() {
    this.onselectstart = function() { return false; };
    });
    };
    $(document).ready(function(){
    $('p').disableSelection();
    });
    #69296
    clokey2k
    Participant

    Be careful with this, I have been to a few sites with Javascript used to disable selection, or right click.

    When I’m reading a page I often highlight sections so I can see where I am in the text. I get rather annoyed when the browser doesn’t do what I expect. This includes Highlighting;

    Remember that if people want to copy your text, they will find a way.

    #69306
    noahgelman
    Participant

    No, that wont be an issue in this case. I have a built in slider to scale an image and when they move the slider, its highlighting stuff on the page.

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