HTMLInputElement: select() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLInputElement.select()
method selects all the text
in a element or in an
element
that includes a text field.
Syntax
js
select()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
Click the button in this example to select all the text in the
element.
HTML
html
JavaScript
js
function selectText() {
const input = document.getElementById("text-box");
input.focus();
input.select();
}
Result
Notes
Calling element.select()
will not necessarily focus the input, so it is
often used with HTMLElement.focus
.
In browsers where it is not supported, it is possible to replace it with a call to HTMLInputElement.setSelectionRange() with parameters 0 and the input's value length:
html
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML # dom-textarea/input-select |