Select text
Shows how to select a text in an textarea
<!------> <script type="text/javascript"> function select_field(id){ document.getElementById(id).focus(); document.getElementById(id).select(); } function init(){ select_field('text1'); } onload=init; </script> <form> This field gets selected onload:<br/> <input type="text" name="text1" id="text1" value="some text" /> <br/> <textarea name="textarea1" id="textarea1" rows="9" cols="50" wrap="off">Some long content in here. abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh </textarea> <br/> <input type="button" value="Select text" onclick="select_field('textarea1')"> </form>
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