[removed] cross browser solution for selecting all text inside a textbox on focus

Question

I\'m after the following functionality:

• user clicks on or tabs into a textbox
• all text in the textbox is selected, unless the textbox already had focu

Answer 1

If you can use jQuery then you can do something like;

$("#myInputField").focus(function(){
    // Select input field contents
    this.select();
});

// Add this behavior to all text fields
$("input[type=text]").focus(function(){
    // Select field contents
    this.select();
});

Taken from HERE