how to select and copy automatically when i click

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hai,
how to select and copy automatically when i click in the text box???

thanks in advance...

Posted 25-Dec-11 18:58pm

mmvr2k11

Updated 25-Dec-11 19:10pm

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CS2011 26-Dec-11 1:00am

Select and copy what ? Can you explain your question a bit more ?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Dec-11 2:12am

This is clear, I think, but the idea is really bad -- please see my answer.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Dec-11 2:04am

Why? Why?!
--SA

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anushripatil · Answer 1 · 2011-12-25T19:15:00

Solution 1

in ur textbox use ... onFocus="javascript:this.select()
eg.

C#

<asp:textbox id="txt1" runat="server" text="Abc" onfocus="javascript:this.select();" >

With this u can select the text of ur textbox

An onClick="Copy(this.id)"

C#

function Copy(IDS) {
  document.getElementById("ur id ").value=document.getElementById(IDS).innerHTML;
}

Posted 25-Dec-11 19:15pm

anushripatil

Updated 25-Dec-11 21:39pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Dec-11 2:10am

This is easy to implement, but think about it.
In my answer, I explained why such behavior means a real crime against the user -- please see.
(I did not vote against your answer anyway.)
--SA

Abhinav S · Answer 2 · 2011-12-25T19:19:00

Solution 2

Have a look at Click... It's Copied![^]. Nice way to copy text.

Javascript Copy To Clipboard[^] might help you as well.
This[^] is another link that provides a similar solution.

Posted 25-Dec-11 19:19pm

Abhinav S

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Dec-11 2:11am

Of course, this should work, this is easy. However...
In my answer, I explained why such behavior means a real crime against the user -- please see.
(I did not vote against your answer anyway.)
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 3 · 2011-12-25T20:08:00

It's very bad to copy data to the clipboard when a user does not expect it. Imagine, you put some text to the clipboard from a text document and a Web site. Now, you want to add this text to your text box, but when you click on your text box and paste, you will find out that you old clipboard text did not appear, because it was replaced by the previous text from your text box. But you did not expect it. You maybe even closed original text document or a Web page.

From this example, do you understand what kind of crime you are going to commit against your user? If so, don't do it.

—SA

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