Is there a way to disable text selection in Javascript/HTML to avoid copying of the text in forums? There are multiple codes in both Javascript and HTML available on the Internet, but they do not seem to work when copied to Modules >> HTML & Javascript >> HTML/Javascript subkategories. Is there a certain code that would be effective in forums' topics?

::selection{background:transparent;}
::-moz-selection{background:transparent;}

Rideem3 wrote:

Ryanette wrote:::selection{background:transparent;}
::-moz-selection{background:transparent;}

That won't stop it. It will simply take away the blue highlight.

Stopping it completely is impossible since there's always viewing the source and copying it from there, DOM inspection tools, and etc.

Yeah, it'll make it look like it's not selectable

Shouldn't this work:

Code:


body {
  -moz-user-select: -moz-none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}


If not, then this:

Code:


* {
  -moz-user-select: -moz-none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}


(This is CSS by the way, not Javascript, and so goes in the CSS)

Alright. This CSS code works in Mozilla, Chrome, Safari and Songbird, but not in IE or Opera. Are there any additional codes to disable highlighting in those two?

It will prevent it in IE9 because of this property: -ms-user-select: none;
I believe that's a valid property as of IE9. Though you may need to perform this edit so your forumotion board doesn't prevent the IE9 rendering engine from being used: http://www.avacweb.com/t294-allow-border-radius-in-ie9

I'm not sure if Opera supports the user-select property. But you can try by adding the property: -o-user-select: none

Opera apparently doesn't support it because I added this property earlier as well but it didn't work. Also, I performed the IE edit, but as I have IE8, it might not show. Then again, IE is so unpopular that I believe people usually go for Mozilla or better.

Anyway, thank you! You helped a lot!

EDIT: Alright, I just learned that highlighting is disabled in IE9, so the edit was successful.