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Created February 7, 2017 17:06
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Selects the text within an element.
jQuery.fn.selectText = function(){
var doc = document;
var element = this[0];
if (doc.body.createTextRange) {
var range = document.body.createTextRange();
range.moveToElementText(element);
range.select();
} else if (window.getSelection) {
var selection = window.getSelection();
var range = document.createRange();
range.selectNodeContents(element);
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
}
};
jQuery.fn.selectText=function(){var a=document,b=this[0];if(a.body.createTextRange){var c=document.body.createTextRange();c.moveToElementText(b),c.select()}else if(window.getSelection){var d=window.getSelection(),c=document.createRange();c.selectNodeContents(b),d.removeAllRanges(),d.addRange(c)}};
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