disable text selection except input

Question

I\'ve got this snippet of code to disable all text selection. How would I go about disabling all text except for input? I tried $(\'* :not(input)\').disableTextSelec

Answer 1

The problem seems to be that this disabling is inherited. So, even though you aren't selected them in the $() they still get disabled. But this can also be in our favor.

After disabling, you can enable the inputs.

$('body').css('MozUserSelect', '-moz-none');
$('input').css('MozUserSelect', 'text');

NOTE: the value must be '-moz-none'. If 'none', it can't be changed.

I can't test IE nor do I have a solution for Opera. But maybe this will help part way.