Select Text

HTML

<div>
  <a class='mylink' id='mylink_1'>My link 1</a>
</div>

CSS

.mylink {
  cursor: grab;
}

JavaScript

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


$('.mylink').click(function() {
  selectText($(this).attr('id'));
});