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Make it so that the user cannot select the text for NS4.79

If you run this code under IE5.5 or NS6, you will not be able to select the text displayed "Cannot select text". However you can select the text in NS4.79. Can someone modify this code so that it works for all three browsers? Thanks in advance.

<HTML><head>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
//if IE4+
document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false")

//if NS6
function disableselect(e)
{
return false
}

function reEnable()
{
return true
}
if (window.sidebar)
{
document.onmousedown=disableselect
document.onclick=reEnable
}
</script>
</head><body>
Cannot select text
</body></html>

third

With IE4+ the following works:
if (document.all)
document.onselectstart =
function () { return false; };
With NN4 the following works
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown =
function (evt) {
return false;
};
}
but note that it cancels every mousedown action which will prevent
other user action (link click, right click etc) as well.

For NN6
document.onmousedown =
function () { return false; };
disables text selection.

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/1891/fid/145

Triskelion

Can you make the text a graphic?
...like the ones that are surrounding this current page?

fritz_the_blank

On any control that I don't want selected or modified, I do the following:

<input type=text onFocus="javascript:blur()">

I am guessing that this is not what you're looking for, however.

Fritz the Blank

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yes4me

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I guess this is not possible to do in NS4.75

Thanks you to acperkins for reminding me to close this outdated post. Thanks you all for trying to answer.