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How can I disable highlighting in html or JS?

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I need to disable the highlighting of selected text on my web app. I have a good reason for doing this and know that this is generally a bad idea. But I need to do it anyway. It doesn't matter if I need to use CSS or JS to do it. What I'm mainly going for is the removal of the blue color given to highlighted elements.

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answered 15 Years ago daijac · Accepted Answer

You can use the CSS pseudo class selector ::selection and ::-moz-selection for Firefox.

For example:

::-moz-selection {

    background-color: transparent;

    color: #000;

}



::selection {

    background-color: transparent;

    color: #000;

}



.myclass::-moz-selection,

.myclass::selection { ... }