# IE problem with CSS and selectable text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-problem-with-css-and-selectable-text/157051>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 29, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-problem-with-css-and-selectable-text/157051 "2005-07-29T16:54:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![larcho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@larcho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/larcho)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-problem-with-css-and-selectable-text/157051/1 "2005-07-29T16:54:02Z")

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This only happens with Internet Explorer, when I try to select a text in a site completly made thorugh xhtml and div windows I can’t select a specific text area, when I try to select an area with my mouse the entire site gets selected.

Anybody knows why ?