select all of the contents of a textfield

What is a solution to do select all of the contents of a textfield when the texfield receives focus? Example, if i click on the browser's address bar, the contents of the address bar will selected.

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asked 08 Dec '13, 23:37

Ecky Danafialy
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edited 08 Dec '13, 23:53

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JQuery to the rescue.

Text fields in formspider are < input > elements. You must attach an event to each existing and future input element, by using the (deprecated now) live function. I modified my main.jsp, and add a reference to a custom js file. inside this file added the following function: function enableSelectAll() { $("input").live("focus", function(){ this.select(); }); } Add a post-open application event that calls the following action: procedure setSelectText is fParams formspider.api_externalmethod.tt_params; begin formspider.api_externalmethod.invoke('setSelectText', fParams); end; Don't forget to declare the external-event named setSelectedText.

You can further improve the function by using more specific jquery selectors. For example using the styleClass property and select only that class.

Akis

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answered 28 Aug '14, 17:10

Vlisidis Akis
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edited 28 Aug '14, 17:24

Hello Akis,

many thanks for reply.

One question, where can I declare the external-event?

Is it: "Miscellaneous > External Methods" section?

Tomas

(29 Aug '14, 05:18) Tomeo

Yes. name:setSelectText.Is the name you use to call the external method using the api_externalmethod.invoke.

javascript signature:enableSelectAll(). should match the name of the javascript function.

(29 Aug '14, 11:49) Vlisidis Akis

0	Hi Ecky, Unfortunately, this API does not exist in the current version of Formspider. I created an enhancement request for this issue in our issue management system for this case. Kind Regards, Yalim link answered 09 Dec '13, 04:35 Yalim Gerger ♦♦ 1.8k●5 accept rate: 15%

Hi folks,

any updates on this? Or temporary trick for selecting content of textfields once it receives a focus?

Many thanks, Tomas

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answered 28 Aug '14, 06:27

Tomeo
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Hi Tomas,

No, nothing I know of.

Kind Regards, Yalim

(28 Aug '14, 06:32) Yalim Gerger ♦♦

What a shame! :(

(28 Aug '14, 06:40) Tomeo

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