7/7/2014 2:54:02 PM

The following will highlight the text within a textarea upon clicking into the box.

<!-- jQuery is required. Remove the following line if you already are referencing jQuery --> <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <textarea id="txtOutput" style="width: 500px; height: 300px; ">@this.Model.Output</textarea> <script type="text/javascript"> $("#txtOutput").focus(function() { var $this = $(this); $this.select(); // Work around Chrome's little problem $this.mouseup(function () { // Prevent further mouseup intervention $this.unbind("mouseup"); return false; }); }); </script>