Name

HTMLTextAreaElement.select( ) — select the text in this element

Availability

DOM Level 1 HTML

Synopsis

void select(  );

Description

This method selects all the text displayed by this <textarea> element. In most browsers, this means that the text is highlighted and that new text entered by the user will replace the highlighted text instead of being appended to it.

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