Select all text in textarea jquery

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How to make all text in textarea selected when user open it through jquery?

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-14 16:52:57Z

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$('textarea').on('mouseup', function() { $(this)[0].select(); });

answered Jun 14, 2012 at 16:52

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epascarello · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-14 16:53:04Z

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var eraInput = document.getElementById('era'); eraInput.select();

answered Jun 14, 2012 at 16:53

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Wow, great stuff here, jQ didn't do the job, this one did.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

$('textarea').focus(function() { this.select(); })

$('textarea').slideDown(function() { $(this).focus(); }).focus(function() { this.select(); });

Here I assume your textarea is hidden and you opened it using jQuery event and after open it text will be selected by default.