: Is text that use CSS "user-select: none;" indexed and ranked by search engines? As I understand this CSS property it is used to prevent the user from accidentally selecting text and other elements

As I understand this CSS property it is used to prevent the user from accidentally selecting text and other elements that are used for stylistic reasons, or are part of the user-interface (e.g. a clickable div with the text "Copy" or "Share" in it). So it seems reasonable that search engines would ignore these text elements in favour of selectable content. Is this a correct assumption?

Sources:

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/user-select https://drafts.csswg.org/css-ui-4/#propdef-user-select

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Yes, I would think that user-select would only be for stylistic purposes. Search engines can read through the source & and the DOM without having to actually select text like a user would.
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/user-select
EDIT: here is a jsfiddle. if you view source and view the DOM, the content is still rendered normally. jsfiddle.net/0asekyyh/

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