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<script type="text/javascript">

 

    function select_field(id){

 

        document.getElementById(id).focus();

        document.getElementById(id).select();

 

    }

 

    function init(){

        select_field('text1');

    }

 

    onload=init;

 

</script>

 

<form>

 

This field gets selected onload:<br/>

<input type="text" name="text1" id="text1" value="some text" />

 

<br/>

 

<textarea name="textarea1" id="textarea1" rows="9" cols="50" wrap="off">Some long

content in here.

abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh

abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh

abcd efgh abcd efgh abcd efgh

</textarea>

 

<br/>

 

<input type="button" value="Select text" onclick="select_field('textarea1')">

 

</form>

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