How can I stop text from being selected?

Question

In my web app the user can sometimes click the same button a number of times, skipping through messages and things, causing the </a> to be selected.

So how can I prevent this using Javascript (jQuery)

Answer 1

You dont need script for this, here is the css:

-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;