Selecting Text In an Input Field

[jsulman]

Greetings,
When tabing from one text field to another in an HTML form when you land on a field all the characters are automatically selected. I have a text field that is performing some function that "unselects" the text. Is there a way in JavaScript that I can programatically reselect all the characters in the field.

Thank You In Advance

Jeff Sulman

 

[Ascalonian]

This is what I use...

function selectAll(inField){
    inField.focus();
    inField.select();
}

And the HTML should be:

<input type="text" value="Here is some text" onclick="selectAll(this)" />

 

[jsulman]

Thank you MikeyJudd. That was waaaaaay to easy.

Jeff

 

[Ascalonian]

You are certainly welcome! I have had to use that several times before. Also works in Text Areas...if you care, haha.