diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/input/listeners/misc.ts b/frontend/src/ts/input/listeners/misc.ts
index 8c49762e0c44..cfc8247e3461 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/input/listeners/misc.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/input/listeners/misc.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@ inputEl.addEventListener("focus", () => {
   moveInputElementCaretToTheEnd();
 });
 
-inputEl.addEventListener("copy paste", (event) => {
+inputEl.addEventListener("copy", (event) => {
   event.preventDefault();
 });
 
-//this might not do anything
-inputEl.addEventListener("select selectstart", (event) => {
+inputEl.addEventListener("paste", (event) => {
+  event.preventDefault();
+});
+
+//select is not cancelable, so this might not do anything
+inputEl.addEventListener("select", (event) => {
+  event.preventDefault();
+});
+
+inputEl.addEventListener("selectstart", (event) => {
   event.preventDefault();
 });