fix(drag-drop): prevent text selection while dragging on Safari

src/cdk/drag-drop/drag-drop-registry.spec.ts

@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ describe('DragDropRegistry', () => {
     expect(dispatchFakeEvent(document, 'wheel').defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('should not prevent the default `selectstart` actions when nothing is being dragged', () => {
+    expect(dispatchFakeEvent(document, 'selectstart').defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should prevent the default `selectstart` action when an item is being dragged', () => {
+    registry.startDragging(testComponent.dragItems.first, createMouseEvent('mousedown'));
+    expect(dispatchFakeEvent(document, 'selectstart').defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+
 });
 
 @Component({

src/cdk/drag-drop/drag-drop-registry.ts

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ const activeCapturingEventOptions = normalizePassiveListenerOptions({
   capture: true
 });
 
-/** Handler for a pointer event callback. */
-type PointerEventHandler = (event: TouchEvent | MouseEvent) => void;
-
 /**
  * Service that keeps track of all the drag item and drop container
  * instances, and manages global event listeners on the `document`.
@@ -42,8 +39,8 @@ export class DragDropRegistry<I, C extends {id: string}> implements OnDestroy {
   private _activeDragInstances = new Set<I>();
 
   /** Keeps track of the event listeners that we've bound to the `document`. */
-  private _globalListeners = new Map<'touchmove' | 'mousemove' | 'touchend' | 'mouseup' | 'wheel', {
-    handler: PointerEventHandler,
+  private _globalListeners = new Map<string, {
+    handler: (event: Event) => void,
     options?: AddEventListenerOptions | boolean
   }>();
 
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ export class DragDropRegistry<I, C extends {id: string}> implements OnDestroy {
       this._ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
         // The event handler has to be explicitly active,
         // because newer browsers make it passive by default.
-        this._document.addEventListener('touchmove', this._preventScrollListener,
+        this._document.addEventListener('touchmove', this._preventDefaultWhileDragging,
             activeCapturingEventOptions);
       });
     }
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ export class DragDropRegistry<I, C extends {id: string}> implements OnDestroy {
     this.stopDragging(drag);
 
     if (this._dragInstances.size === 0) {
-      this._document.removeEventListener('touchmove', this._preventScrollListener,
+      this._document.removeEventListener('touchmove', this._preventDefaultWhileDragging,
           activeCapturingEventOptions);
     }
   }
@@ -127,19 +124,27 @@ export class DragDropRegistry<I, C extends {id: string}> implements OnDestroy {
       // use `preventDefault` to prevent the page from scrolling while the user is dragging.
       this._globalListeners
         .set(moveEvent, {
-          handler: e => this.pointerMove.next(e),
+          handler: (e: Event) => this.pointerMove.next(e as TouchEvent | MouseEvent),
           options: activeCapturingEventOptions
         })
         .set(upEvent, {
-          handler: e => this.pointerUp.next(e),
+          handler: (e: Event) => this.pointerUp.next(e as TouchEvent | MouseEvent),
           options: true
+        })
+        // Preventing the default action on `mousemove` isn't enough to disable text selection
+        // on Safari so we need to prevent the selection event as well. Alternatively this can
+        // be done by setting `user-select: none` on the `body`, however it has causes a style
+        // recalculation which can be expensive on pages with a lot of elements.
+        .set('selectstart', {
+          handler: this._preventDefaultWhileDragging,
+          options: activeCapturingEventOptions
         });
 
       // TODO(crisbeto): prevent mouse wheel scrolling while
       // dragging until we've set up proper scroll handling.
       if (!isTouchEvent) {
         this._globalListeners.set('wheel', {
-          handler: this._preventScrollListener,
+          handler: this._preventDefaultWhileDragging,
           options: activeCapturingEventOptions
         });
       }
@@ -184,9 +189,10 @@ export class DragDropRegistry<I, C extends {id: string}> implements OnDestroy {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Listener used to prevent `touchmove` and `wheel` events while the element is being dragged.
+   * Event listener that will prevent the default browser action while the user is dragging.
+   * @param event Event whose default action should be prevented.
    */
-  private _preventScrollListener = (event: Event) => {
+  private _preventDefaultWhileDragging = (event: Event) => {
     if (this._activeDragInstances.size) {
       event.preventDefault();
     }

src/cdk/drag-drop/drag-ref.ts

@@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ export class DragRef<T = any> {
       zIndex: '1000'
     });
 
+    toggleNativeDragInteractions(preview, false);
+
     preview.classList.add('cdk-drag-preview');
     preview.setAttribute('dir', this._dir ? this._dir.value : 'ltr');