HTML | DOM Input Text select() Method

The DOM Input select() method selects all the text content of a textarea or an input element which contains the text field.

Syntax:

element.select();

Parameters: This method does not accepts any parameters.

Example: This example selects the content of input text field.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>HTML DOM focus() Method</title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green;">  
            GeeksForGeeks  
        </h1> 
  
        <h2>DOM select() Method</h2> 
  
        <input type="text" id="text-box" size="20"
                value="A computer science portal"> 
          
        <button onclick="selectText()"> 
            Select text 
        </button> 
  
        <script> 
            function selectText() { 
                const content =  
                    document.getElementById('text-box'); 
  
                content.select(); 
            } 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Before Clicking the button:
After Clicking the button:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM Input Text select() Method are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera

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