What is the non-IE equivalent for the "unselectable" property in html?

Is there another property? or is there a javascript that i can use? if there is, please point me to one.

What is the non-IE equivalent for the "unselectable" property in html?windows live

Well this is , as you say , IE-specific.

This varies from browser to browser :

Firefox equivalent is a style with

{-moz-user-focus: ignore; -moz-user-input: disabled; -moz-user-select: none}

Safari:

{-khtml-user-select: none}

Opera:

{-o-user-select:none}

Actually I came across this cross-browser javascript :

document.onselectstart=new Function('return false');

function ds(e){return false;}

function ra(){return true;}

document.onmousedown=ds;

document.onclick=ra;

You could apply this to elements also.

Now the source for this code is:

http://www.felgall.com/jstip35.htm

and the warning is appropriate - if you're trying to apply this to a document it won't stop people from viewing source which is exactly what I did to copy and paste this code...

In addition, people could simply switch javascript off, so this is really only a useful property on individual elements.