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CoffeeScript Require.js Module for jQuery-based element selection on click
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autoselect.coffee
$ = require 'jquery'
module.exports = do ->
init = ->
$(document).on 'click', '.js-autoselect', (e) ->
range = document.createRange()
selection = window.getSelection()
range.selectNodeContents this
selection.removeAllRanges()
selection.addRange range
return
{
init: init
}
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IE9+, I believe, and of course Chrome, Safari, Firefox are supported
Note this does not work on at least some mobile browsers, including Mobile Safari (as of iOS 7.0) as they seem to not support programmatic selection of non-editable text (including <input readonly>)

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