I want to select the text in a paragraph when I click or double click the <p>
tag. Not highlight, just like using mouse to make a select area to choose text to be selected!
I have several paragraph and *.rar file link addresses on the page, and I want to select all the text when I click on one of them. I think the textbox could work that way but I like it to be in a paragraph or link tag.
Is there a way to select all text in paragraph by clicking another element?
Here's a function that will select the contents of the element you pass to it:
function selectElementContents(el) {
var range;
if (window.getSelection && document.createRange) {
range = document.createRange();
var sel = window.getSelection();
range.selectNodeContents(el);
sel.removeAllRanges();
sel.addRange(range);
} else if (document.body && document.body.createTextRange) {
range = document.body.createTextRange();
range.moveToElementText(el);
range.select();
}
}
window.onload = function() {
var el = document.getElementById("your_para_id");
selectElementContents(el);
};
If you are talking about JavaScript, look at Introduction to Range by Peter-Paul Koch (famous for his compatibility tables).
You CAN select a whole paragraph with a double click. Why do you want to change that?