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at June 8, 2011 18:35 by griffpup
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// solution found here http://jsfiddle.net/edelman/KcX6A/1/
<div id="selectme" contenteditable='true'>Some text goes here!</div>
<p>Click me!</p>
function SelectText(element) {
var text = document.getElementById(element);
if ($.browser.msie) {
var range = document.body.createTextRange();
range.moveToElementText(text);
range.select();
} else if ($.browser.mozilla || $.browser.opera) {
var selection = window.getSelection();
var range = document.createRange();
range.selectNodeContents(text);
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
} else if ($.browser.safari) {
var selection = window.getSelection();
selection.setBaseAndExtent(text, 0, text, 1);
}
}
$(function() {
$('p').click(function() {
SelectText('selectme');
});
});
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jquery select text
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textmate, jquery
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