JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by juErik

HTML

<div id="selectme">Some text <br/>goes here!</div>
<p>Click me!</p>

JavaScript

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

$(function() {
    $('p').click(function() {
        SelectText("selectme");
       
    });
});