I'm handling the dblclick event on a span in my web app. A side effect of a double click is that it selects text on the page. How can I prevent this selection from happening?
function clearSelection() {
if(document.selection && document.selection.empty) {
document.selection.empty();
} else if(window.getSelection) {
var sel = window.getSelection();
sel.removeAllRanges();
}
}
You can also apply these styles to the span for all non-IE browsers and IE10:
span.no_selection {
user-select: none; /* standard syntax */
-webkit-user-select: none; /* webkit (safari, chrome) browsers */
-moz-user-select: none; /* mozilla browsers */
-khtml-user-select: none; /* webkit (konqueror) browsers */
-ms-user-select: none; /* IE10+ */
}
