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Select All Text In A Form Field On Click

 
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 Last Update: May 6, 2010, 1:13 am
 
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Hi, I have made a script which generates a BBcode when you run it, and displays it in a text field, like this:

CODE

<input type="text" name="bbcode" size="81" value="[IMG]<?php echo $url; ?>[/IMG]">

Well, anyway, I want something that selects all the text in that form field when you click on it, like it does in ImageShack when you upload...








   Mon Oct 3, 2005    Reply         

Looking at the Imageshack site, this is the way you could do it for your site.

Set up a function in between the <head> </head> tags of your page like this.

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<script language="JavaScript">
function highlight(field) {
       field.focus();
       field.select();
}</script>


And then for each field that you want to select all the text in when clicked, add this 'onClick' action.

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<input type="text" name="bbcode" size="81" value="[IMG]<?php echo $url; ?>[/IMG]" onClick='highlight(this);'>


Hope that helps. :huh:





   Mon Oct 3, 2005    Reply         

These instructions arenSelect All Text In A Form Field On Click

Hello,

 I tried following the instructions you provided to create a textarea with one-click-select-all  behavior in a wordpress article.  I had to include the 

function highlight(field) {        field.Focus();        field.Select();}

in an external file.  When trying to use the highlight(), nothing happens.  Any update to this script?

-reply by gnucom

   Tue Jul 28, 2009    Reply         


These instructions aren Select All Text In A Form Field On Click

function highlight(field) {        field.Focus();        field.Select();}

javascript  is case sensitive...

Should

field.Focus();  Field.Select();

you could  just add to onclick this.Select()

 

 

-reply by philt

   Tue Feb 23, 2010    Reply         

See this link to get the answer
http://www.tutorials99.com

   Thu May 6, 2010    Reply         

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