Focus with selected text

Question

I have an input on I want it to have Focus and the text is already selected.

I’m doing it like this:

$(".autofocus").trigger('focus');

The problem is that the text is not selected. Does anyone know how to do this?

Answer 1

Put this code before the Trigger code:

$(".autofocus").on("focus", function () {
   $(this).select();
});

Answer 2

The .on() is currently expendable, suffice (as documented) before the .trigger() the following code:

$(".autofocus").focus(function () {
    $(this).select();
});

You can still perform directly in the element:

<input class="autofocus" type="text" onfocus="this.select();" onmouseup="return false;" />