I understand that with javascript you can select the contents of a textbox with the following code (in jQuery):
$("#txt1").select();
Is there a way to do the opposite? To deselect the content of a textbox? I have the focus event of a series of textboxes set to select the contents within them. There are times now that I want to focus a particular textbox WITHOUT selecting it. What I am planning on doing is calling the focus event for this particular textbox, but then follow it with a call to deselect it.
$("input[type=text]").focus(function() {
$(this).select();
});
//code....
$("#txt1").focus();
//some code here to deselect the contents of this textbox
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Press Esc. Click with any tool (including the Arrow) on an empty part of the project to deselect all the selected elements at once. Click a selected element while holding down the Shift key.
select() method selects all the text in a <textarea> element or in an <input> element that includes a text field.
what about this:
$("input").focus(function(){
this.selectionStart = this.selectionEnd = -1;
});
If you just assign the value of the textbox to itself, it should deselect the text.
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