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Created September 20, 2011 11:42
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jQuery snippet to make page elements unselectable (disable highlights)
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jquery.disable.js
/* disable user selections */
jQuery.fn.disableSelection = function(){
$(this).each(function(){
$(this).attr('unselectable', 'on')
.css('-moz-user-select', 'none')
.each(function() {
this.onselectstart = function() { return false; };
});
});
};
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somebox commented Sep 26, 2011

Note that this function is part of jQueryUI (used for Sortable), but it is still "undocumented" as far as I can tell.

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