HTML page disable copy/paste

Question

In a HTML page user should not be allowed to copy a text, but at the same time I want to give option for the user to select a particular text (for highlighting purpose). That means CTRL+C should be disabled and CTRL+A should be enabled.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

you can use CSS: ` -moz-user-select: none; -webkit-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; -o-user-select: none; user-select: none; ` — Shawn, Oct 25 '16 at 21:03

score 65 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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You cannot prevent people from copying text from your page. If you are trying to satisfy a "requirement" this may work for you:

<body oncopy="return false" oncut="return false" onpaste="return false">

How to disable Ctrl C/V using javascript for both internet explorer and firefox browsers

A more advanced aproach:

How to detect Ctrl+V, Ctrl+C using JavaScript?

Edit: I just want to emphasise that disabling copy/paste is annoying, won't prevent copying and is 99% likely a bad idea.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Feb 13 '14 at 01:10

roo2

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_"annoying"_ Totally! I was trying to copy **public** information, and the copy function is disabled. It makes no sense. _"won't prevent copying"_ Yes, I just blanked out `oncopy` in Firefox Inspect Element to read `oncopy=""` and the Copy function worked fine. I was able to copy anything I wanted from the page :) – ADTC Feb 12 '18 at 16:51

score 35 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '14 at 01:37

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You can use jquery for this:

$('body').bind('copy paste',function(e) {
    e.preventDefault(); return false; 
});

Using jQuery bind() and specififying your desired eventTypes .

answered Feb 13 '14 at 01:37

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This is not working. – Anuj Feb 27 '15 at 10:03
what's your browser? do you have jQuery loaded before you run this snippet? – Vainglory07 Feb 27 '15 at 10:10
Chrome. Yes jquery is loaded. – Anuj Feb 27 '15 at 10:12
Its not working for me as well. I can see jquery loaded from this line, – jrhamza Jul 28 '15 at 08:28
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this should be: $('body').bind('copy',function(e) { e.preventDefault(); return false; }); $('body').bind('paste',function(e) { e.preventDefault(); return false; }); – Diego Sagrera Dec 09 '16 at 23:56
This works. You can copy but you cannot paste. Kinda wierd. – Janaka Dombawela Feb 15 '18 at 06:29

HTML page disable copy/paste

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