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Using User-Select

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2019-06-04

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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?

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Introducing the CSS property

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Simply put, the user-select property is defined as follows:

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user-select controls whether the user can select text (cursor or otherwise)

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The CSS

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The property’s available attributes are very straightforward (just remember to target specific browsers for full support!)

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/* Default */
+p.default {
+    user-select: auto;
+    -moz-user-select: auto;
+    -webkit-user-select: auto;
+}
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+/* Disable the user from selecting text */
+p.no-select {
+    user-select: none;
+    -moz-user-select: none;
+    -webkit-user-select: none;
+}
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+/* Select all text when user clicks */
+p.select-all {
+    user-select: all;
+    -moz-user-select: all;
+    -webkit-user-select: all;
+}
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Let’s see it in action

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Try selecting the separate paragraph elements in the CodePen below:

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Live CodePen Example

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Browser Support

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The great news is user-select is fully supported across all modern browsers (even as far back as IE10!)

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