select all the text from form element (eg. textarea,textbox)

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select all the text from form element (eg. textarea,textbox)

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To select content or text from form element:

use:

select();

Example:

<script>
function all_select_content()
{
document.getElementById(’select_all_content’).select();
}
</script>
<textarea id="select_all_content" rows="5" cols="30">Select content from textarea just click the botton below.</textarea>
<input type="button" name="button" value="Select all" onclick="all_select_content()">

Demo:

Select content from textarea just click the button below.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 at 1:53 pm under Javascript \| RSS 2.0 Feed

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