Re-enable text-selection (Opera, webkit,ie)

Question

How to re-enable the text-selection on IE, Opera & Webkit?

I disabled it like that:

$(this).mousedown(function(){return true;}); //Opera, webkit
$(this).bind('selectstart',function(){return true;}); //IE

(with firefox, I can easily re-enable it with $(this).css('MozUserSelect','text');

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '12 at 18:18

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I think the best thing to do would be to unbind the event listeners.

answered Aug 05 '12 at 18:18

Patrick M

It works, thanks! $(this).unbind('mousedown'); $(this).unbind('selectstart'); – Chuck Aug 05 '12 at 18:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 30 '12 at 06:39

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Do not use bind() and unbind() methods. Use on() and off() instead — preferred as of jQuery 1.7 and above.

edited Nov 30 '12 at 06:39

mbinette

answered Nov 30 '12 at 06:18

reff

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