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title: "How to disable text selection highlighting"  
description: "How to disable text selection highlighting"  
author: "Revati S Misra"  
published: 2023-04-24  
updated: 2023-04-25  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157980/how-to-disable-text-selection-highlighting  
category: "html"  
tags: ["html", "css"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to disable text selection highlighting

How to [disable text](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158030/how-do-i-disable-text-selection-with-css-or-javascript) [selection highlighting](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33431/how-can-i-disable-the-uitableview-selection-highlighting)

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

To [disable](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12901/how-to-disable-enable-input-box-in-aspx-with-value-from-sql) [text selection](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/484/all-text-selection-in-html-textbox-using-javascript) highlighting in CSS, you can use the **user-select** property. Here is an example:

```css
.disable-selection {
 -webkit-user-select: none; /* Safari */
 -moz-user-select: none; /* Firefox */
 -ms-user-select: none; /* Internet Explorer/Edge */
 user-select: none;
}
```

In the above example, the **user-select** property is set to **none** for all vendor-specific prefixes, as well as the standard property. This will prevent the user from selecting and highlighting any text within an element with the **disable-selection** class.

Note that this property is not supported in all browsers, so it may not work in some older or less popular browsers. Additionally, disabling text selection can negatively affect the accessibility of your website, so it should be used with caution and only in cases where it is necessary for the user experience.


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