How to disable text selection using jquery?

Question

Does jquery or jquery-ui has such functionality? Disable text selection for given document element.

Answer 1

There is no such function built-in.

However, you can write a simple plugiin to do it for you:

$.fn.disableSelection = function() {
    $(this).attr('unselectable', 'on')
           .css('-moz-user-select', 'none')
           .each(function() { 
               this.onselectstart = function() { return false; };
            });
};