How to select text on any non input HTML DOM element.

function selectText(element) {
    var doc = document
        , text = doc.getElementById(element)
        , range, selection
    ;    
    if (doc.body.createTextRange) { //ms
        range = doc.body.createTextRange();
        range.moveToElementText(text);
        range.select();
    } else if (window.getSelection) { //all others
        selection = window.getSelection();        
        range = doc.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(text);
        selection.removeAllRanges();
        selection.addRange(range);
    }
}

wow, glad you found it and it still works, had totally forgotten about this gist.

Cheers!