When you double-tap a string of text on an iPhone or iPad a complicated context menu for copying and pasting will appear. This can confuse unexperienced users.

Opscomplete powered by

Save money by migrating from AWS to our fully managed hosting in Germany.

• Trusted by over 100 customers
• Ready to use with Ruby, Node.js, PHP
• Proactive management by operations experts

Read more Show archive.org snapshot

Use the Javascript hack below to disable text selection on mobile devices:

// Deactivating distracting Text Selection:
// from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1794220/how-to-disable-mobilesafari-auto-selection
$.fn.extend({
  disableSelection : function() {
    this.each(function() {
      this.onselectstart = function() {
        return false;
      };
      this.unselectable = "on";
      $(this).css('-moz-user-select', 'none');
      $(this).css('-webkit-user-select', 'none');
    });
  }
});


$(function() {
  $(this).disableSelection();
});