Prevent Respondents from Selecting Text

In some circumstances, users do not want their respondents to be able to select text. This tutorial provides some JavaScript to help prevent that.

Check it out in an example survey!

OR

Add a survey with the setup to your account!

Setup

1. On the page that you'd like to prevent respondents from selecting text go to Add Action > JavaScript.
2. Give your action a Description.
3. Paste the below code into your new JavaScript Action and Save Action.

function disableSelection(target){

    if (typeof target.onselectstart!="undefined") //IE route
        target.onselectstart=function(){return false}

    else if (typeof target.style.MozUserSelect!="undefined") //Firefox route
        target.style.MozUserSelect="none"

    else //All other route (ie: Opera)
        target.onmousedown=function(){return false}

    target.style.cursor = "default"
}

disableSelection(document.body) 

Time to Test!

Go to your live link or preview and try to select some text in your survey. This should now be disabled.