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beiyuu / select-text-range.js
Last active September 23, 2022 19:52
jQuery:Select a text range (input/textarea)
//USE CASE
$('#q').selectRange(0, 10);
$('#q').selectRange(searchVal.indexOf('{'), (searchVal.indexOf('}')+1));
//Source here : http://plugins.jquery.com/project/selectRange
$.fn.selectRange = function(start, end) {
var e = document.getElementById($(this).attr('id')); // I don't know why... but $(this) don't want to work today :-/
if (!e) return;