Comments on: Disable Text Selection With jQuery

By: berry

berry — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 08:47:20 +0000

Nice tutorial very helpful there is another complete tutorial to make text unselected using css on talkerscode.com http://talkerscode.com/webtricks/disable-text-selection-in-webpage-using-css.php

By: Joshuasm32

Joshuasm32 — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 06:10:06 +0000

In case you are interested, here is a method in which to disable all text selection (including clicking text 3 times), the usage of CTRL shortcuts in older browsers, and right-clicks using pure JS:

[html]
[head]
[script]
function disableselect(e){
return false
}
function reEnable(){
return true
}
document.onselectstart=new Function (“return false”)
if (window.sidebar){
document.onmousedown=disableselect
document.onclick=reEnable
}
[/script]
[body onKeyPress=”return disableCtrlKeyCombination(event);” onKeyDown=”return disableCtrlKeyCombination(event);”]
var message=”Sorry, right-click has been disabled”;
function clickIE() {if (document.all) {(message);return false;}}
function clickNS(e) {if
(document.layers||(document.getElementById&&!document.all)) {
if (e.which==2||e.which==3) {(message);return false;}}}
if (document.layers)
{document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=clickNS;}
else{document.onmouseup=clickNS;document.oncontextmenu=clickIE;}
document.oncontextmenu=new Function(“return false”);
function disableCtrlKeyCombination(e)
{
var forbiddenKeys = new Array(‘a’,‘n’,‘c’,‘x’,‘v’,‘j’,‘w’,’p’,’u’);
var key;
var isCtrl;
if(window.event)
{
key = window.event.keyCode;
if(window.event.ctrlKey)
isCtrl = true;
else
isCtrl = false;
}
else
{
key = e.which;
if(e.ctrlKey)
isCtrl = true;
else
isCtrl = false;
}
if(isCtrl)
{
for(i=0; i {
if(forbiddenKeys[i].toLowerCase() == String.fromCharCode(key).toLowerCase())
{
alert(‘Key combination CTRL + ‘+String.fromCharCode(key) +’ has been disabled.’);
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
[/script]
[p]Try Selecting Me :P[/p]
[/body]
[/html]

It is also possible to include Linux freeware to disable the selection of options such as print from a toolbar.

By: Joshuasm32

Joshuasm32 — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 06:06:25 +0000

Ugh. {body onKeyPress=”return disableCtrlKeyCombination(event);” onKeyDown=”return disableCtrlKeyCombination(event);” }

By: Joshuasm32

Joshuasm32 — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 06:05:20 +0000

My bad – html is disabled. The first halve is under the head, and the second in the body. Include this in your body element:

By: Joshuasm32

Joshuasm32 — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 06:00:16 +0000

In case you are interested, here is a method in which to disable all text selection (including clicking text 3 times), the usage of CTRL shortcuts in older browsers, and right-clicks using pure JS:

function disableselect(e){
return false
}
function reEnable(){
return true
}
document.onselectstart=new Function (“return false”)
if (window.sidebar){
document.onmousedown=disableselect
document.onclick=reEnable
}

Try Selecting Me :P

It is also possible to include Linux freeware to disable the selection of options such as print from a toolbar.

By: vyshak

vyshak — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 06:19:25 +0000

Thank you, its worked.

By: Bruno Santana

Bruno Santana — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:13:28 +0000

You, sir, are an adorable person for sharing this. Thanks!!!

By: roman

roman — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:35:36 +0000

Nice script. Works very well.

By: Antony

Antony — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:40:22 +0000

Thank you very much. Your script is work well.

By: Constantin

Constantin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:57:15 +0000

Very useful, thanks!