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Prevent tab text highlight / disable tab text selection

Hi,

Here’s a sample form:

[CODE]<form action=”#” method=”post”>
Name:<br />
<input type=”text” name=”name” value=”your name” /><br />
E-mail:<br />
<input type=”text” name=”mail” value=”your email” /><br />
<input type=”submit” value=”Send”>
</form>[/CODE]

When you tab to a text input, the value gets highlighted. How can it be disabled?

Any help is appreciated!
Mike

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@rproctor83Apr 21.2011 — Oh sorry I posted a reply in the wrong thread... Sorry, I don't see how to delete this... I will see if I can't find a solution for your question though.
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@rproctor83Apr 21.2011 — Here you go, you can try this... It will prevent text from selecting on tab

[CODE]<input onselect="return false" type="text" value="no selecting this text with tab" />[/CODE]
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@Rain_LoverauthorApr 22.2011 — Here you go, you can try this... It will prevent text from selecting on tab

[CODE]<input onselect="return false" type="text" value="no selecting this text with tab" />[/CODE][/QUOTE]


Thanks for the answer, but Firefox seems to be the only browser in which your code works correctly.
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