JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Irvin Dominin

HTML

<div id='sample_div'>This is sample text</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    selectText('sample_div');
});

function selectText(element) {
    var text = document.getElementById(element);
    if (document.body.createTextRange) {
        var range = document.body.createTextRange();
        range.moveToElementText(text);
        range.select();
    } else {
        var selection = window.getSelection();
        var range = document.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(text);
        selection.removeAllRanges();
        selection.addRange(range);
    } 
}