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Select and Deselect Text Inside an Element using JavaScript
Following is the code to select and deselect text inside an element using JavaScript −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
.result {
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 500;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Select and Deselect Text Inside an Element</h1>
<div style="color: green;" class="result">
Here is some text inside the div
</div>
<button class="Btn">SELECT</button>
<button class="Btn">DESELECT</button>
<h3>Click on the above button to select/de-select text inside the div</h3>
<script>
let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
let BtnEle = document.querySelectorAll(".Btn");
BtnEle[0].addEventListener("click", () => {
window.getSelection().selectAllChildren(resEle);
});
BtnEle[1].addEventListener("click", () => {
window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output
The above code will produce the following output −
On clicking the ‘SELECT’ button −
On clicking the ‘DESELECT’ button −
Updated on: 2020-07-18T07:06:25+05:30
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