How to not allow user to select / highlight text in the grid

[Dave Ranck]

Hello,

I want to stop the grid from highlighting text when the user clicks, holds, and drags across the cell.  Is this possible?
Attached is an image of what I'm trying to avoid.
I want a single click to highligh the row (which works fine), a double click to return a postback (works fine), but don't want any text highlighted on single click / drag.

Thanks!

[Dimo]

Hi Mike,

Please add the following CSS rule to your page:

.RadGrid .rgRow,
.RadGrid .rgAltRow
{
    user-select:none;
    -moz-user-select:-moz-none;
}



Regards,
Dimo
the Telerik team

[Dave Ranck]

Hi Dimo,

Thank you for the reply.  Unfortunately in IE8 I am still seeing the selected text when the user clicks and drags or double clicks on some text (see attached).  Everything looks good in Firefox though.  Is there something that can be added to satisfy IE 8?

Thanks again Dimo :)

[Dimo]

Hi Mike,

Due to IE's lack of support for the user-select CSS property, you can use

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    foreach (TableCell cell in e.Item.Cells)
    {
        cell.Attributes.Add("unselectable", "on");
    }
}

Best wishes,
Dimo
the Telerik team

[Dave Ranck]

Yea Dimo!! Thanks - You're the best! :)

[William]

Anyone landing here trying to do the same but in a web version might try using this on the <Grid ... :

style={{ userSelect: 'none', MozUserSelect: '-moz-none' }}