Asked • 05/10/19

Selecting all text in HTML text input when clicked?

I have the following code to display a textbox in a HTML webpage. <input type="text" id="userid" name="userid" value="Please enter the user ID" />When the page displays, the text contains the *Please enter the user ID* message. However, I found that the user needs to click 3 times in order to select all the text (in this case it is *Please enter the user ID*). Is it possible to select the entire text with only one click?**Edit:**Sorry, I forgot to say: I must use the input `type="text"`

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Joshua A. answered • 05/10/19

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This is not an exact example for you, but it illustrates how using "placeholder" instead of value, solves your issue. Good Luck. Hope this helps.


<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<body>


<h2>HTML Forms</h2>


<form action="/action_page.php">

First name:<br>

<input type="text" name="firstname" placeholder="Mickey">

<br>

Last name:<br>

<input type="text" name="lastname" placeholder="Mouse">

<br><br>

<input type="submit" value="Submit">

</form>


</body>

</html>


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