This sample demonstrates how your app can make content areas in your Windows Store app using JavaScript unselectable using the -ms-user-select CSS attribute.
By default, all content in the UI of a Windows Store app using JavaScript can be selected by a user and copied to the clipboard. However, access to UI elements (such as text, images, and other proprietary content) can be limited by excluding them from this default behavior with -ms-user-select.
-ms-user-select supports the following values:
| Term Description | |
|---|---|
none Blocks selection from starting on that element. It will not block an existing selection from entering the element. |
element Enables selection to start within the element; however, the selection is contained by the bounds of that element. |
How to disable text and image selection
Client
Windows 10
- If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
- Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.
To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.