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For single page apps with lots of dnd, disable selectable, turn on for exceptions.
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Unselectable.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Some single page app</title>
<style>
/*
Here's the magic, we take the unselectable attribute and make it more powerful
in browsers that support it see here for more:
http://help.dottoro.com/lcrlukea.php#-webkit-user-select
*/
[unselectable=on] {
-moz-user-select: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
}
[unselectable=off] {
-moz-user-select: auto;
-webkit-user-select: auto;
}
/* enable it for p tags (for example) */
p {
-moz-user-select: auto;
-webkit-user-select: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body unselectable="on">
<ul class="draggable items">
<li>first non-selectable draggable</li>
<li>second non-selectable draggable</li>
</ul>
<p>Nothing here is selectable</p>
</body>
</html>
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You should do this on jsFiddle so we can play with it :-)

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