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1/30/2014 - 11:25 PM

Select HTML Text With JavaScript

Select HTML Text With JavaScript

select-html-text-with-javascript.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<meta charset=utf-8 />
	<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>

	<input value="Web Tools Weekly" id="textField">
	<button id="btn">Select Text</button>

	<script>
		var tf  = document.getElementById('textField'),
		btn = document.getElementById('btn');

		btn.onclick = function () {
			// change the numbers to select a different range
			tf.focus();
			tf.setSelectionRange(5, 9);
		};
	</script>

</body>
</html>