# Auto-select text in textfield? (AS2)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-select-text-in-textfield-as2/222442>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 13, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-select-text-in-textfield-as2/222442 "2007-04-13T14:52:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![FizixMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FizixMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FizixMan)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-select-text-in-textfield-as2/222442/1 "2007-04-13T14:52:09Z")

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Curious if it’s possible via an Actionscript 2 function to automatically have the text in a specified TextField selected.

Thanks. =]