Selectmenu: Preserve text selection when interacting with the widget

Fixes #10144 Closes gh-1295
jquery · Jul 29, 2014 · 749a6a5 · 749a6a5
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diff --git a/ui/selectmenu.js b/ui/selectmenu.js
@@ -355,7 +355,14 @@ return $.widget( "ui.selectmenu", {
 	},
 
 	_buttonEvents: {
+
+		// Prevent text selection from being reset when interacting with the selectmenu (#10144)
+		mousedown: function( event ) {
+			event.preventDefault();
+		},
+
 		click: "_toggle",
+
 		keydown: function( event ) {
 			var preventDefault = true;
 			switch ( event.keyCode ) {