JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by MarkSchultheiss

HTML

<input type="text" class="textentry" name="FirstName" value="Hello World" />
<br/>
<button>Trigger select event</button>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("input.textentry[type=text]").on('textselect',function () {
      $("input.textentry[type=text]").select().after("Text selected ");
    });
    $("button").click(function () {
        $("input.textentry[type=text]").trigger("textselect");
    });
});