The question CSS rule to disable text selection highlighting shows how to prevent text selection on an element. Once you have prevented selection, how can you then allow selection for a specific child element?
For example,
<div class="no-select">
<p>some text that cannot be selected</p>
<p class="select">some text that can be selected</p>
<p>some text that cannot be selected</p>
</div>
table.no-select {
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
td.select {
-webkit-touch-callout: all !important;
-webkit-user-select: all !important;
-khtml-user-select: all !important;
-moz-user-select: all !important;
-ms-user-select: all !important;
user-select: all !important;
}
The .no-select
rule above works, but my attempt at a .select
rule does not. What is the correct way to do this?