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I'd like to select all in an input textbox or contenteditable span so the user doesn't have to backspace or delete an input text to overwrite.

It works on desktop but mobile web seems to ignore the select all. Is this possible on mobile web viewable on ios or android?

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  • You are referring to this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/480735/select-all-contents-of-textbox-when-it-receives-focus-javascript-or-jquery – Martín Alcubierre Sep 29 '14 at 05:44
  • that answer doesn't work - in mobile ios or on desktop ... I had a solution that worked on desktop but doesn't seem possible on ios mobile web – MonkeyBonkey Sep 29 '14 at 11:10

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found the answer in this post Programmatically select text in a contenteditable HTML element?

$scope.focusWhy = function($event) { var el = $event.target; var range = document.createRange(); range.selectNodeContents(el); var sel = window.getSelection(); sel.removeAllRanges(); sel.addRange(range); };

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