Question

Ok, this seems to be a simple request, but I am not finding it to be so. I just want it so when an html input[type=”text”] is focused (tapped in ios), all text is selected (like any normal browser). I have looked around and found a couple suggestions, but nothing seems to work – here is what I have tried:

$('input[type="text"], textarea').focus(function() {
    $(this).setSelectionRange(0, 9999);
}).mouseup(function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
});

Also tried this:

$('input[type="text"], textarea').focus(function() {
    $(this).select();
}).mouseup(function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
});

I have read that the mouseup event on ios does funky stuff, but I am not sure. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I believe it should be

$('input[type="text"], textarea').focus(function() {
    this.select(); //no jquery wrapper
}).mouseup(function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
});