Selects text of an element

jQuery-select-text.js

var doc = {
    
    selectText: function(jqSelector) {
        var text = jqSelector.get(0);
        if ($.browser.msie) {
            var range = document.body.createTextRange();
            range.moveToElementText(text);
            range.select();
        } else if ($.browser.mozilla || $.browser.opera) {
            var selection = window.getSelection();
            var range = document.createRange();
            range.selectNodeContents(text);
            selection.removeAllRanges();
            selection.addRange(range);
        } else if ($.browser.safari || $.browser.chrome) {
            var selection = window.getSelection();
            selection.setBaseAndExtent(text, 0, text, 1);
        }
    }
    
};

$(document).ready(function() {
    // Example usage
    doc.selectText($("#some-element"));
});