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Select All Text In A Form Field On Click

By Amezis, in Programming

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Amezis    0

Amezis
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Hi, I have made a script which generates a BBcode when you run it, and displays it in a text field, like this:

<input type="text" name="bbcode" size="81" value="[IMG=<?php echo $url; ?>]">
Well, anyway, I want something that selects all the text in that form field when you click on it, like it does in ImageShack when you upload...

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Avalon    1

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Looking at the Imageshack site, this is the way you could do it for your site.

Set up a function in between the <head> </head> tags of your page like this.

<script language="JavaScript">	function highlight(field) {        field.focus();        field.select();}</script>

And then for each field that you want to select all the text in when clicked, add this 'onClick' action.

<input type="text" name="bbcode" size="81" value="[IMG=<?php echo $url; ?>]" onClick='highlight(this);'>

Hope that helps. :huh:

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iGuest    3

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These instructions arenSelect All Text In A Form Field On Click

Hello,

 I tried following the instructions you provided to create a textarea with one-click-select-all  behavior in a wordpress article.  I had to include the 

function highlight(field) {        field.Focus();        field.Select();}

in an external file.  When trying to use the highlight(), nothing happens.  Any update to this script?

-reply by gnucom

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iGuest    3

iGuest
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These instructions aren Select All Text In A Form Field On Click

function highlight(field) {        field.Focus();        field.Select();}

javascript  is case sensitive...

Should

field.Focus();  Field.Select();

you could  just add to onclick this.Select()

 

 

-reply by philt

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