Selectable

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`Selectable`

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is an option for displayed objects, cells, and notebooks that specifies whether their contents can be selected interactively using the front end.

Details

Even with the setting Selectable->False, an object can be selected as a whole.
With Selectable->False set at the notebook level, no cells in the notebook can be selected.

Examples

Basic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases

Create a cell whose contents cannot be selected:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0bil5qvm-om7jk4

You can select an "unselectable" string, but not a fragment of it:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0bil5qvm-ecxv67

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