Check if a text input content is selected (highlighted)

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How do I check if a specific text input in a form is selected (highlighted)? Can I do it with jQuery?

possible duplicate [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4712310/javascript-how-to-detect-if-a-word-is-highlighted](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4712310/javascript-how-to-detect-if-a-word-is-highlighted) — Amit.rk3, Jul 19 '15 at 08:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '15 at 08:48

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You can use this

input:focus { 
    background-color: yellow;
}

answered Jul 19 '15 at 08:48

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Please consider adding at least some words explaining to the OP and to further readers of you answer why and how it does reply to the original question. – β.εηοιτ.βε Jul 19 '15 at 10:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '15 at 08:54

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Try this:

var selected = $(':focus');

answered Jul 19 '15 at 08:54

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Would this apply to all input types, password etc? – Jul 19 '15 at 08:59
try fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/8zjtce2p/1/ – monkey Jul 19 '15 at 09:12
Iam better off with pure javascript :P thanks anyway ^ – Jul 19 '15 at 09:16
Please consider adding at least some words explaining to the OP and to further readers of you answer why and how it does reply to the original question. – β.εηοιτ.βε Jul 19 '15 at 10:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 19 '15 at 09:03

Since you only want input types text. Here is a javascript solution.

function addevents() {
   var input = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
   for(var i=0;i<input.length;i++) {
      input[i].addEventListener('focus', focus, false);
}

function focus() {
    if(this.type === 'text')
        alert(this + ' iam a text input');
}

addevents();

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 31 '16 at 09:06

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You can get selected input text using following jQuery statement:

$("input[type='text']:focus")

Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/v7hfp48d/

edited Jan 31 '16 at 09:06

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answered Jul 19 '15 at 09:11

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Check if a text input content is selected (highlighted)

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