jQuery Select Text

jquery.selecttext.js

// Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/987376/1461859 (http://jsfiddle.net/edelman/KcX6A/1506/)

jQuery.fn.selectText = function(){
    var doc = document
        , element = this[0]
        , range, selection
    ;
    if (doc.body.createTextRange) {
        range = document.body.createTextRange();
        range.moveToElementText(element);
        range.select();
    } else if (window.getSelection) {
        selection = window.getSelection();        
        range = document.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(element);
        selection.removeAllRanges();
        selection.addRange(range);
    }
};

$(function() {
    $('p').click(function() {
        $('#selectme').selectText();
    });
});