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+<h1>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>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>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>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>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>
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