Set whether the text of the element can be selected or not with CSS


Use the CSS user-select property to set whether the text of the element can be selected or not with CSS:

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         div {
            user-select: none;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <h2>This is demo heading</h2>
      <div>This is demo text. You won't be able to select it.</div>
   </body>
</html>

Updated on: 25-Jun-2020

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