Double click text to make it copy-able

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I've got a loads of tables nested in eachother with background images and loads of frames etc which makes copying text from the page almost impossible. is there a javascript it jquery that would make the area almost like a textfield where you can copy the text easily (not paste just copy)?

How exactly is it difficult? Could you please post some sample page? — pimvdb, Feb 25 '11 at 16:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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This has been discussed before

Hopefully the above link will help.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:34

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:35

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There's a .dblclick() event in jQuery that you could probably rely on.

http://api.jquery.com/dblclick/

answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:35

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Double click text to make it copy-able

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