JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Terry Young

HTML

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

JavaScript

(function($) {
    $.fn.SelectText = function () {
        var text = this[0];
        if ($.browser.msie) {
            var range = document.body.createTextRange();
            range.moveToElementText(text);
            range.select();
        } else if ($.browser.mozilla || $.browser.opera) {
            var selection = window.getSelection();
            var range = document.createRange();
            range.selectNodeContents(text);
            selection.removeAllRanges();
            selection.addRange(range);
        } else if ($.browser.safari) {
            var selection = window.getSelection();
            selection.setBaseAndExtent(text, 0, text, 1);
        }
    }

})(jQuery);

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