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select text in form element

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cross-browser way to select all text in a form element, via Jason on Stack Overflow

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function selectText(element) {
    var doc = document;
    var text = doc.getElementById(element);    
 
    if (doc.body.createTextRange) { // ms
        var range = doc.body.createTextRange();
        range.moveToElementText(text);
        range.select();
    } else if (window.getSelection) { // moz, opera, webkit
        var selection = window.getSelection();            
        var range = doc.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(text);
        selection.removeAllRanges();
        selection.addRange(range);
    }
}