Thank you for offering insight into this issue. Unfortunately, after
searching for this snippet of code 'document.onselectstart = function
() {return false;}'
I was not able to find anything. It does look like the .js file
culprit is named: jquery.ui.all.js
In it there is this: (I have tried deleting the whole thing, changing
text 'unselectable' to 'selectable' , off to on etc) with no
luck...any further suggestion or help would be appreciated.
/** Mouse Interaction Plugin **/
$.ui.mouse = {
_mouseInit: function() {
var self = this;
this.element
.bind('mousedown.'+this.widgetName, function(event) {
return self._mouseDown(event);
})
.bind('click.'+this.widgetName, function(event) {
if(self._preventClickEvent) {
self._preventClickEvent = false;
return false;
}
});
// Prevent text selection in IE
if ($.browser.msie) {
this._mouseUnselectable =
this.element.attr('unselectable');
this.element.attr('unselectable', 'on');
}
this.started = false;
},
// TODO: make sure destroying one instance of mouse doesn't mess with
// other instances of mouse
_mouseDestroy: function() {
this.element.unbind('.'+this.widgetName);
// Restore text selection in IE
($.browser.msie
&& this.element.attr('unselectable',
this._mouseUnselectable));
},
_mouseDown: function(event) {
// don't let more than one widget handle mouseStart
if (event.originalEvent.mouseHandled) { return; }
// we may have missed mouseup (out of window)
(this._mouseStarted && this._mouseUp(event));
this._mouseDownEvent = event;
var self = this,
btnIsLeft = (event.which == 1),
elIsCancel = (typeof this.options.cancel == "string" ? $
(event.target).parents().add(event.target).filter
(this.options.cancel).length : false);
if (!btnIsLeft || elIsCancel || !this._mouseCapture(event)) {
return true;
}
this.mouseDelayMet = !this.options.delay;
if (!this.mouseDelayMet) {
this._mouseDelayTimer = setTimeout(function() {
self.mouseDelayMet = true;
}, this.options.delay);
}
if (this._mouseDistanceMet(event) &&
this._mouseDelayMet(event)) {
this._mouseStarted = (this._mouseStart(event) !==
false);
if (!this._mouseStarted) {
event.preventDefault();
return true;
}
}
On Sep 20, 10:27 pm, RobG <robg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 6:53 am, amtames <matt.a...@tnmed.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > We recently had our site redeveloped by a professional firm. We
> > originally requested that users not be able to copy and paste text
> > from our site. This has created an outcry and we would like to have
> > text be selectable. I see that they achieved this by using jquery
> > which I am not familiar. I believe that I have found the snippet of
> > code that turns this ability off/on but I do not know how to write the
> > correct code to allow selection of text.
>
> You don't have to do anything to *allow* selection of text, you just
> have to stop trying to prevent it. The simple solution is to turn off
> javascript, but likely your users don't know how to do that.
>
> > This is an IE specific issue,
> > not a problem in Firefox.
>
> Look for something like:
>
> document.onselectstart = function() {return false;}
>
> and remove it.
>
> --
> Rob
