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| author | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-06-10 09:41:25 -0400 |
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| committer | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-06-10 09:41:25 -0400 |
| commit | 07e4a2dafe248280b5610f8c7d09b0f30b530f54 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a145d1d4d07e1278a837ff15dadccc322d27515 /build/posts/user-select/index.html | |
| parent | 16d28628aca9b2d356de31c319f5e7bc0f5b2b02 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/build/posts/user-select/index.html b/build/posts/user-select/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..55b94f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/build/posts/user-select/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> + <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> + <title>Using User-Select</title> + <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> + <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +</head> + +<nav> + <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> +</nav> + +<main> +<h1 id="using-user-select">Using User-Select</h1> +<p>2019-06-04</p> +<p>Highlighting text in order to copy, cut or paste content is a staple action across the web. Now, what if I told you the ability to control what a user can select is configurable with a single CSS property?</p> +<h2 id="introducing-the-css-property">Introducing the CSS property</h2> +<p>Simply put, the <code>user-select</code> property is defined as follows:</p> +<blockquote> +<p><code>user-select</code> controls whether the user can select text (cursor or otherwise)</p> +</blockquote> +<h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> +<p>The property’s available attributes are very straightforward (just remember to target specific browsers for full support!)</p> +<pre><code>/* Default */ +p.default { + user-select: auto; + -moz-user-select: auto; + -webkit-user-select: auto; +} + +/* Disable the user from selecting text */ +p.no-select { + user-select: none; + -moz-user-select: none; + -webkit-user-select: none; +} + +/* Select all text when user clicks */ +p.select-all { + user-select: all; + -moz-user-select: all; + -webkit-user-select: all; +} +</code></pre> +<h2 id="lets-see-it-in-action">Let’s see it in action</h2> +<p>Try selecting the separate paragraph elements in the CodePen below:</p> +<p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/QRooZp/">Live CodePen Example</a></p> +<h2 id="browser-support">Browser Support</h2> +<p>The great news is <code>user-select</code> is fully supported across all modern browsers (even as far back as IE10!)</p> +<footer role="contentinfo"> + <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> + <ul id="menu"> + <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> + <li><a href="/projects">Projects</a></li> + <li><a href="/uses">Uses</a></li> + <li><a href="/wiki">Wiki</a></li> + <li><a href="/resume">Resume</a></li> + <li><a href="/colophon">Colophon</a></li> + <li><a href="/now">Now</a></li> + <li><a href="/donate">Donate</a></li> + <li><a href="/atom.xml">RSS</a></li> + <li><a href="#top">↑ Top of the page</a></li> + </ul> + <small> + Built with <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/barf">barf</a>. <br> + Maintained with ♥ for the web. <br> + Proud supporter of <a href="https://usefathom.com/ref/DKHJVX">Fathom</a> & <a href="https://nextdns.io/?from=74d3p3h8">NextDNS</a>. <br> + The content for this site is <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC-BY-SA</a>.<br> The <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/bt.ht">code for this site</a> is <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/bt.ht/tree/master/item/LICENSE">MIT</a>. + </small> +</footer>
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