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Select text in TextInput control

          
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">

  <mx:Script>
    
      import mx.controls.Alert;
      private function selectText():void
      {
        myInput.selectionBeginIndex = 0;
        myInput.selectionEndIndex = myInput.text.length;
        myInput.setFocus();
      }
      
  
  </mx:Script>
  <mx:HBox>
    <mx:Label text="Enter some text:"/>
    <mx:TextInput id="myInput"/>
    <mx:Button label="Select all text" click="selectText()"/>
  </mx:HBox>
</mx:Application>

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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