# Selecting text string in Input Text box with AS?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-text-string-in-input-text-box-with-as/41592
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 30, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-text-string-in-input-text-box-with-as/41592 "2004-01-30T22:55:31Z")
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### Author: ![cmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cmartin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cmartin)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-text-string-in-input-text-box-with-as/41592/1 "2004-01-30T22:55:31Z")

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Would like to implement functionality for when a user changes focus to an Input Text box, the text it contains will become **automatically** selected and ready to copy (Ctrl-C) or overwritten.

Had tried the following to no avail (in MX 2004 Pro):

[AS]  
name\_txt.onSetFocus = function(oldFocus) {  
Selection.setFocus(this);   
Selection.setSelection(0,-1);  
}  
[/AS]

Is this even possible? :h: