Prevent Copy and Paste with HTML

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Jake Chasan Veteran developer Posts: 1685 Reg: May 13, 2011 location unknow... 29,650	confirm \| cancel 06/19/13 04:57 PM (12 years ago) Prevent Copy and Paste with HTML Hi All, How would I prevent copy and paste with the html doc plugin, but still allow the user to zoom into the document, highlight something, and click define? Jake Title Comments Hi All, How would I prevent copy and paste with the html doc plugin, but still allow the user to zoom into the document, highlight something, and click define? Jake

Arubaman Aspiring developer Posts: 636 Reg: Oct 20, 2011 Akron 16,910	06/19/13 05:22 PM (12 years ago) ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false" may work, put in body tag Comments ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false" may work, put in body tag

BuzzingSteve Aspiring developer Posts: 526 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Vancouver, Cana... 11,660	07/19/13 02:33 PM (12 years ago) @Jake. @Arubaman. Did this work for you within an HTML Doc plugin screen? Didn't work for me. Cheers Comments @Jake. @Arubaman. Did this work for you within an HTML Doc plugin screen? Didn't work for me. Cheers

Jake Chasan Veteran developer Posts: 1685 Reg: May 13, 2011 location unknow... 29,650	07/26/13 07:07 AM (12 years ago) No, the code that worked for me is pasting this in the <HEAD> of your HTML: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <style type="text/css"> * { -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; /* Disable selecting or copying in UIWebView / } </style> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jake Comments No, the code that worked for me is pasting this in the <HEAD> of your HTML: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <style type="text/css"> { -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; /* Disable selecting or copying in UIWebView */ } </style> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jake

BuzzingSteve Aspiring developer Posts: 526 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Vancouver, Cana... 11,660	07/26/13 11:48 AM (12 years ago) Thanks Jake. Will give it a try. Cheers Comments Thanks Jake. Will give it a try. Cheers

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