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  • RelaxoRy
    #1

    Stopping mouse selecting text

    Is there any way to stop someone getting their mouse and selecting
    text on a page (without making the text an image of course). Is it
    possible to trap and stop click-and-drag functionality from the mouse?

    Bit of a stranger request but can it be done? :)

    Cheers
    Ryan
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    • Vjekoslav Begovic
      #2
      Re: Stopping mouse selecting text

      Something like this:

      <script type="text/javascript">
      mClicked=false
      </script>

      <body onmousedown="mC licked=true" onmuseup="mClic ked=false" onmousemove="if
      (mClicked) alert('Disabled '); mClicked=false" >

      "RelaxoRy" <relaxory@postm aster.co.uk> wrote in message
      news:3ba42c06.0 307300317.28127 7db@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
      > Is there any way to stop someone getting their mouse and selecting
      > text on a page (without making the text an image of course). Is it
      > possible to trap and stop click-and-drag functionality from the mouse?
      >
      > Bit of a stranger request but can it be done? :)
      >
      > Cheers
      > Ryan[/color]


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        • Richard Cornford
          #3
          Re: Stopping mouse selecting text

          "RelaxoRy" <relaxory@postm aster.co.uk> wrote in message
          news:3ba42c06.0 307300317.28127 7db@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
          >Is there any way to stop someone getting their mouse and
          >selecting text on a page (without making the text an image
          >of course). Is it possible to trap and stop click-and-drag
          >functionalit y from the mouse?[/color]
          [color=blue]
          > Bit of a stranger request but can it be done? :)[/color]

          Yes and No. IE browsers have events like onselectstart and ondragstart
          that can be cancelled, effectively inhibiting the selection of content.
          Opera, on the other hand, has no mechanism for doing anything of the
          sort.

          You will have to explain why you want to prevent text selection because
          you are probably attempting to solve the wrong problem and explaining
          what the real problem is would enable people to suggest ways of solving
          it.

          Richard.



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            • David Dorward
              #4
              Re: Stopping mouse selecting text

              Vjekoslav Begovic wrote:
              [color=blue]
              > "RelaxoRy" <relaxory@postm aster.co.uk> wrote[/color]
              [color=blue][color=green]
              >> Is there any way to stop someone getting their mouse and selecting
              >> text on a page[/color][/color]
              [color=blue]
              > Something like this:[/color]

              <snip> JS </script>

              Of course, if the objective is to stop people copy/pasting the content, its
              a fruitless endeavour. There is nothing to stop people from viewing the
              source or turning JS off.

              Protecting Webpages
              http://david.us-lot.org/www/hide/
              David Dorward's mostly neglected blog


              --
              David Dorward http://david.us-lot.org/
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                • Lasse Reichstein Nielsen
                  #5
                  Re: Stopping mouse selecting text

                  relaxory@postma ster.co.uk (RelaxoRy) writes:
                  [color=blue]
                  > Is there any way to stop someone getting their mouse and selecting
                  > text on a page (without making the text an image of course). Is it
                  > possible to trap and stop click-and-drag functionality from the mouse?[/color]

                  Generally, no.

                  Some browsers has event handlers like "ondragstar t" which can be
                  canceled. Others don't. In all cases, turning off Javascript will
                  stop that attempt.
                  [color=blue]
                  > Bit of a stranger request but can it be done? :)[/color]

                  IN some situations, yes. In general, no.
                  In general, you shouldn't want to interfere with the users' way
                  of using a browser.

                  /L
                  --
                  Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lrn@hotpop.com
                  Art D'HTML: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/randomArtSplit. html>
                  'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

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