How can I prevent text/element selection with cursor drag

Question

I made a paging control and I noticed that while clicking on the buttons it is very easy to accidentally select the individual images and text. Is it possible to prevent thi

Answer 1

I wanted to comment, but i don't have enough reputation. Using the suggested function from @kennebec solved my problem in my javascript dragging library. It works flawlessy.

function pauseEvent(e){
    if(e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();
    if(e.preventDefault) e.preventDefault();
    e.cancelBubble=true;
    e.returnValue=false;
    return false;
}

i called it in my mousedown and mousemove custom function, immediately after i can recognize i clicked on the right element. If i call it just on top of the function i just kill any click on the document. My function is registered as an event on document.body.