How to select text which is in multiple lines on clicking more than twice?

[chaitanya83]

How to select text which is in multiple lines on clicking more than twice?

I have scenario like this:

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Assume u have this text.If I double click on any word only that word has to select.
If i click more than twice whole text hast to select

[RamananKalirajan]

It's browser property you cant change those things. Some browser will work as you expected. Even if you are trying with JS you have only single click and double click listener.

Thanks and Regards
Ramanan Kalirajan

[chaitanya83]

Ok..
Is it possible to select entire text using double/single click in output text?
If so pls give me reply.

[RamananKalirajan]

You can give the text inside the <p> and have a onclick listener so that onclick of the <p> you can select the whole paragraph

Ex.. JS Code

<script type="text/javascript">
	function selectText(textC) 
{
if (document.selection)
{
//Portion for IE
var div = document.body.createTextRange();
div.moveToElementText(textC);
div.select();
}
else
{
//Portion for FF
var div = document.createRange();
div.setStartBefore(textC);
div.setEndAfter(textC);
window.getSelection().addRange(div);
}
}
</script>

HTML Code

<p onclick="selectText(this);">
	aslf;sdkfaslkmdfasd
	sdfasd
	fasdsadf
	asd
	fasd
	fasd
	fasdfasdfasdf
</p>

Thanks and Regards
Ramanan Kalirajan

[chaitanya83]

Hi,
Thanks for ur solution.
This I have to implement in JSF.
I can't keep in paragraph.
Do u have idea about JSF??

[RamananKalirajan]

Hi,
I dont have any idea regarding JSF, can you use Div instead of <p>

Thanks and Regards
Ramanan Kalirajan

[chaitanya83]

Hi...If I keep in div it is working fine.

But i want another scenario also..On single click whole text is getting selected..this is fine

when I double click on part of text only that part has to select.

Is it possible to do both??

[RamananKalirajan]

Yep this is possible you can have many span inside the div and write a double click events for that span and a single click event for the div. This is a suggestion, you can try that..

Pseudocode

<div onclick="selectText(this)">
    <span ondblclick="selectText(this)">
    </span>
    <span ondblclick="selectText(this)">
    </span>
    <span ondblclick="selectText(this)">
    </span>
    <span ondblclick="selectText(this)">
    </span>
</div>

Thanks and Regards
Ramanan Kalirajan