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HTML

<table>
<tbody>
    <tr><td><button value="1"><div class="unselectable" data-content="&#x2718"><span>&#x2718;</span></div></button></td><td>Row 1</td></tr>
    <tr><td><button value="2"><div unselectable="on"   class="unselectable" data-content="&#x2718"><span>&#x2718;</span></div></button></td><td>Row 2</td></tr>
    <tr><td><button value="3"><div unselectable="on"  class="unselectable" data-content="&#x2718"><span>&#x2718;</span></div></button></td><td>Row 3</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>

CSS

*.unselectable {
  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: -moz-none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

*.unselectable span {
    display: none;
}

*.unselectable:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
}