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jQuery Input value select

 / Published in: JavaScript
 

Click on an input field with a prefilled value, if that value equals the default then select it, if not leave it as it was. Relies on jQuery.

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  1. $("input[name=forname], input[name=surname]").focus(function(){
  2. 	var defaultText = $(this).val();
  3. 	if(defaultText === "Forename" || defaultText === "Surname"){
  4. 		$(this).select();
  5. 	}
  6. });

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