Preventing an image from being draggable or selectable without using JS
Set the following CSS properties to the image:
.selector {
user-drag: none;
-webkit-user-drag: none;
user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
}
I've been forgetting to share my solution, I couldn't find a way to do this without using JS. There are some corner cases where @Jeffery A Wooden's suggested CSS just wont cover.
This is what I apply to all of my UI containers, no need to apply to each element since it recuses on all the child elements.
CSS:
.unselectable {
/* For Opera and <= IE9, we need to add unselectable="on" attribute onto each element */
/* Check this site for more details: http://help.dottoro.com/lhwdpnva.php */
-moz-user-select: none; /* These user-select properties are inheritable, used to prevent text selection */
-webkit-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none; /* From IE10 only */
user-select: none; /* Not valid CSS yet, as of July 2012 */
-webkit-user-drag: none; /* Prevents dragging of images/divs etc */
user-drag: none;
}
JS:
var makeUnselectable = function( $target ) {
$target
.addClass( 'unselectable' ) // All these attributes are inheritable
.attr( 'unselectable', 'on' ) // For IE9 - This property is not inherited, needs to be placed onto everything
.attr( 'draggable', 'false' ) // For moz and webkit, although Firefox 16 ignores this when -moz-user-select: none; is set, it's like these properties are mutually exclusive, seems to be a bug.
.on( 'dragstart', function() { return false; } ); // Needed since Firefox 16 seems to ingore the 'draggable' attribute we just applied above when '-moz-user-select: none' is applied to the CSS
$target // Apply non-inheritable properties to the child elements
.find( '*' )
.attr( 'draggable', 'false' )
.attr( 'unselectable', 'on' );
};
This was way more complicated than it needed to be.
You can use the pointer-events
property in your CSS, and set it equal to 'none'
img {
pointer-events: none;
}
Edited
this will block (click) event. So better solution would be
<img draggable="false" (dragstart)="false;" class="unselectable">
.unselectable {
user-drag: none;
user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-webkit-user-drag: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
}
Depending on the situation, it is often helpful to make the image a background image of a div
with CSS.
<div id='my-image'></div>
Then in CSS:
#my-image {
background-image: url('/img/foo.png');
width: ???px;
height: ???px;
}
See this JSFiddle for a live example with a button and a different sizing option.