# Prevent text selection and right-click actions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-text-selection-and-right-click-actions/311289>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 9, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-text-selection-and-right-click-actions/311289 "2024-06-09T10:56:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shauny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shauny/32/362012_2.png) [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-text-selection-and-right-click-actions/311289/2 "2024-06-09T11:01:00Z")

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Why would you want to do this? If you’re trying to protect text from being copied, there are a million other ways that it could be copied so you’re not actually protecting anything, just annoying legitimate users.

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