Prevent selection from Shift+Click

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Prevent text selection after double click

Even though my events are properly prenting default actions, clicking in text and then Shift-clicking in other text is causing a selection. This is undesirable behaviour in this case, since I'm using Shift-click to multi-select these elements.

Is there something I need to do to specifically disable selection here?

EDIT: Found solution to my own problem here. Sorry for wasting people's time.

and a Javascript/jQuery solution: [how to disable text selection using jquery](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2700000/how-to-disable-text-selection-using-jquery) — Robert Koritnik, Oct 10 '12 at 16:19
I can't believe this question is marked as answered when none of the answers provide what is originally asked. The question is how to prevent selection on SHIFT+Click, not preventing text from being selected at all. Well, it's the Internet... — andreak, Feb 16 '18 at 16:41
@andreak No, that's an [XY problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem). — Niet the Dark Absol, Feb 16 '18 at 16:47

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '12 at 16:15

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Add this CSS to the section where you want to prevent text-selection:

-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-o-user-select: none;
user-select: none;

Earlier versions of IE require you to add the attribute onselectstart, something like this:

<div onselectstart="return false">

answered Oct 10 '12 at 16:15

Porco

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Which browser uses `-kthml-`? – Kos Oct 10 '12 at 16:16

Prevent selection from Shift+Click

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