Deselect contents of a textbox with javascript

Question

I understand that with javascript you can select the contents of a textbox with the following code (in jQuery):

$(\"#txt1\").select();

Is t

Answer 1

what about this:

$("input").focus(function(){
  this.selectionStart = this.selectionEnd = -1;
});

Answer 2

I'd like to suggest a simple solution

$("input[type=text]").focus(function() {
    $(this).select();
});

$("input[type=text]").blur(function() {
    $('input[type="hidden"][value=""]').select();
});

//code....

$("#txt1").focus();