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How to select all Text in HTML Text Input when clicked using JavaScript?

Last Updated : 04 Oct, 2024
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To select the text in HTML Text Input we can use the JavaScript DOM methods and we will select the text when we click the text box.

Using document.getElementById() method

Syntax:

<input onClick="this.select();" >

or 

document.getElementById("ID").select();

Example 1: We will use “this.select()” in this example to select the text.

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        Select all text in HTML
        text input when clicked
    </title>

</head>

<body>
    <br> Input Text:
    <br>
    <input onClick="this.select();" 
           type="text" value="GeeksforGeeks">
</body>

</html>

Output:

gif

Example 2: We will use DOM Input Text select() Method in this example to select the text. We are going to select the text when we click the try it button.

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        Select all text in HTML
        text input when clicked
    </title>
</head>

<body>
    Input Text:
    <br>
    <input type="text" value="GeeksforGeeks" id="eid">

    <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">
        Try it
    </button>

    <script>
        function myFunction() {
            document.getElementById(
                "eid").select();
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

Output:

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