Unselectable text at Snopes.com

[Harlan Messinger]

I can't figure out what it is that's preventing me from selecting text
on Snopes.com pages like the one at

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

I've tried it in IE and Firefox. Going by the source code, it all seems
like it should be ordinary, selectable web page content.

 

[G]

I can't figure out what it is that's preventing me from selecting text
on Snopes.com pages like the one at

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

I've tried it in IE and Firefox. Going by the source code, it all
seems like it should be ordinary, selectable web page content.

document.onmousedown=disableselect
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3579.html

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

I can't figure out what it is that's preventing me from selecting text
on Snopes.com pages like the one at

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

I've tried it in IE and Firefox. Going by the source code, it all
seems like it should be ordinary, selectable web page content.

Disable JavaScript and select what you want.

There is a transparent iframe in there, written with JavaScript. Not
sure if that is the cause, though.

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

document.onmousedown=disableselect
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-3579.html

Ah... I missed that in my glance at the source. Heh, much more subtle
than the usual "Nyah Nyah, you can't right-click here!"

 

[G]

Ah... I missed that in my glance at the source. Heh, much more subtle
than the usual "Nyah Nyah, you can't right-click here!"

sneeky