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August 26, 2014 00:39
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CoffeeScript Require.js Module for jQuery-based element selection on click
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| $ = 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>)