Why Values in the text field can't be selected by jQuery.select()

Question

I'm trying to select values of text fields in a table, using jQuery.Select function. But it's not working. Here is it's jsFiddle: - https://jsfiddle.net/zkcxoyzL/3/

jQuery Code:

$(function(){
   $("#acquisition_table").on("focus", "[type='text']", function () {
                $(this).select();
   });
});

It seems, it selects and automatically deselects within fraction of a second.

Here is the solution http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5797539/jquery-select-all-text-from-a-textarea — Kerem, Aug 03 '15 at 12:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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$(function() { $("#acquisition_table").on("focus", "[type='text']", function () { var $this = $(this); $this.select(); // Work around Chrome's little problem $this.mouseup(function() { // Prevent further mouseup intervention $this.unbind("mouseup"); return false; }); }); });

Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/5797700/1139130

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Aug 03 '15 at 12:09

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Thanks!. So it's chrome problem. – trex Aug 03 '15 at 12:12

Why Values in the text field can't be selected by jQuery.select()

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