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TextCell.select() (Method)

Selects all the textual content of a <INPUT> text cell allowing the user to cut and paste it if they so wish.

Availability:

DOM level - 1
JavaScript - 1.0
JScript - 1.0
Internet Explorer - 3.02
Netscape - 2.0
Opera - 3.0
JavaScript syntax:-myTextCell.select()

If the browser supports a Selection object or TextRange objects, you may then be able to access the selected text using JavaScript. Of course in a form object, the text of the whole object can also be accessed, but this may not be what was selected because the user may select all or part of a page and that selection may span several form elements or only part of a form element.

See also:Input.select()

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JavaScript Programmer's Reference, Cliff Wootton
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