how to highlight the code in a textarea and "auto-copy" to the...

[spewn]

i have some basic html that is in a textarea once a page loads...i want the user to highlight the code and copy (ctrl+c) to be able to paste the code somewhere else...

how do i accomplish this?

- g

 

[ecobb]

Put the following sentence just above your textarea.

highlight the code and copy (ctrl+c) to be able to paste the code somewhere else

That should do it!

Hope This Helps!

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[bdichiara]

A slight shortcut would be:

<div id="code" onclick="selectElement(this);" style="cursor:pointer;">
  <pre>
     your code here
  </pre>
</div>

The user would still need to press CTRL+C, but that'll select with just a click of the mouse anywhere inside the DIV
(it's javascript, btw)

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_brian.

 

[bdichiara]

oh, my bad, i just realized you wanted the Textarea. You can try my method or, possibly try:

<textarea id="mycode" onclick="selectElement(this);" style="cursor:pointer;"></textarea>

If you want your HTML to be read-only, then the DIV is going to be the easiest way than fooling with a textarea.

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_brian.