Baseline Widely available
The HTMLInputElement.select()
method selects all the text in a <textarea>
element or in an <input>
element that includes a text field.
None.
Return valueNone (undefined
).
Click the button in this example to select all the text in the <input>
element.
<input type="text" id="text-box" size="20" value="Hello world!" />
<button>Select text</button>
JavaScript
function selectText() {
const input = document.getElementById("text-box");
input.focus();
input.select();
}
document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", selectText);
Result Notes
Calling element.select()
will not necessarily focus the input, so it is often used with HTMLElement.focus
.
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