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It's implemented for copy-protection purposes. Yes, seriously. http://blog.fictionpress.com/2013/10/11/languages-for-navigation/ http://blog.fictionpress.com/

• kaybe 12y ago
  And then there are the download services (e.g. http://ficsave.com/ http://ficsave.com/), so it's obviously working (not).
• gwillen 12y ago
  You can also get around it, at least in Chrome, by going to the console and entering: $('div#storytextp.storytextp').css('-webkit-user-select', 'inherit'); If that doesn't work, I would also try: $('div.nocopy').removeClass('nocopy'); I have no idea what the 'nocopy' class actually does (in Chrome it seems to do nothing), but it seems like something to try.
• atondwal 12y ago
  Switching to the mobile version s/www/m/ also does the trick
• alanh 12y ago
  I made a bookmarklet that allows text selection on most websites which prevent it. Please give it a try: https://alanhogan.com/code/text-selection-bookmarklet https://alanhogan.com/code/text-selection-bookmarklet
• dhruvmittal 12y ago
  One of the more popular Stylish "themes" for the site disallows just the javascript blocking text selection, avoiding the center-aligning.