javascript - on button click, highlight entire contents of textbox (youtube share) -


i have many posts unique statusid numbers associated them. each post has 'share' button , textfield current posts unique url in textfield value.

i want 'share' buton, on click, highlight url text of accompanying textbox, unique post

so far have butt isnt working

<input type="button" value="share" onclick="shareurl">  article address:<input type="text" value="blog.php?id='.$statusid.'" name="urlbox'.$statusid.'">   function shareurl(statusid) {    ("urlbox"+statusid).focus();    ("urlbox"+statusid).select(); } 

statusid unique each post im trying use highlight correct textbox url

simply may follow following demo native solution, i.e not need third party libraries such :

<!doctype html> <html> <head>   <meta charset="utf-8">   <title>js bin</title>   <script>     function sel(id){       ob = document.getelementbyid(id);       ob.select();     }   </script> </head> <body>   <input id="i" type="text" value="somthing selected" />   <input type="button" value="select" onclick="sel('i')" /> </body> </html> 

you define input field id make function input field object , apply method select()