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user-select

Utilities for controlling whether the user can select text in an element.

ClassStyles
select-none
user-select: none;

| | select-text |

user-select: text;

| | select-all |

user-select: all;

| | select-auto |

user-select: auto;

|

Use the select-none utility to prevent selecting text in an element and its children:

Try selecting the text to see the expected behavior

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<div class="select-none ...">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</div>

Use the select-text utility to allow selecting text in an element and its children:

Try selecting the text to see the expected behavior

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<div class="select-text ...">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</div>

Use the select-all utility to automatically select all the text in an element when a user clicks:

Try clicking the text to see the expected behavior

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<div class="select-all ...">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</div>

Use the select-auto utility to use the default browser behavior for selecting text:

Try selecting the text to see the expected behavior

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<div class="select-auto ...">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</div>

Prefix an user-select utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="select-none md:select-all ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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