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removed unnecessary ranting.

edited Jan 25, 2012 at 14:21

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Without going into the discussion why you have such a long form and why you ask for so much personal information, the answer to your question is:

Yes, you can select the contents of an input field on focus but only if you expect your users to edit the form with the intent to change all of the info within each field.

Alternatively, you can add a Select all link/button or instructions, such as "Press CTRL+A to select all" or "Triple-click to select all", that would appear only to the right of the input in focus.

Without going into the discussion why you have such a long form and why you ask for so much personal information, the answer to your question is:

Yes, you can select the contents of an input field on focus but only if you expect your users to edit the form with the intent to change all of the info within each field.

Alternatively, you can add a Select all link/button or instructions, such as "Press CTRL+A to select all" or "Triple-click to select all", that would appear only to the right of the input in focus.

Yes, you can select the contents of an input field on focus but only if you expect your users to edit the form with the intent to change all of the info within each field.

Alternatively, you can add a Select all link/button or instructions, such as "Press CTRL+A to select all" or "Triple-click to select all", that would appear only to the right of the input in focus.

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answered Jan 24, 2012 at 16:26

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Without going into the discussion why you have such a long form and why you ask for so much personal information, the answer to your question is:

Yes, you can select the contents of an input field on focus but only if you expect your users to edit the form with the intent to change all of the info within each field.

Alternatively, you can add a Select all link/button or instructions, such as "Press CTRL+A to select all" or "Triple-click to select all", that would appear only to the right of the input in focus.