HTMLTextAreaElement: select() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The select() method of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface selects the entire contents of the <textarea> element. In addition, the select event is fired. The select() method does not take any parameters and does not return a value.
Syntax
js
select()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
js
const textarea = document.getElementById("text-box");
textarea.select();
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # dom-textarea/input-select-dev |
Browser compatibility
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See also
<textarea>selecteventaddEventListener()- CSS
::selectionpseudo-element