HTMLTextAreaElement: select() method

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The select() method of the {{domxref("HTMLTextAreaElement")}} interface selects the entire contents of the {{htmlelement("textarea")}} element. In addition, the {{domxref("HTMLTextAreaElement.select_event", "select")}} event is fired. The select() method does not take any parameters and does not return a value.

Syntax

select()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Examples

const textarea = document.getElementById("text-box");
textarea.select();

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("textarea")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLTextAreaElement/select_event", "select")}} event
• {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}
• CSS {{cssxref("::selection")}} pseudo-element