onclick select/copy for textarea or forms

but is there anything like this for blockquotes?

 

Yes, this is a function originally written by Mark Honnen that does the job.

<script language=javascript>
  /**
   * Creates a selection on any passed html element
   *
   * @author Mark Honnen 
   * @param p_oDomObject  - a DOM object
   * @return Always false
   */
  function selectElm (p_oDomObject) {
      var sel, rng, doc, win;

      if ((doc = p_oDomObject.ownerDocument) 
      && (win = doc.defaultView) 
      && 'undefined' != typeof win.getSelection 
      && typeof doc.createRange !='undefined' 
      && (sel = window.getSelection())
      && typeof sel.removeAllRanges != 'undefined') {
          rng = doc.createRange();
          rng.selectNode(p_oDomObject);
          sel.removeAllRanges();
          sel.addRange(rng);
      } else if (document.body && typeof document.body.createTextRange != 'undefined' && (rng = document.body.createTextRange())) {
          rng.moveToElementText(p_oDomObject);
          rng.select();
      }
      
     return false;
  }

</script>

<blockquote onclick="selectElm(this)">
Here is a quotation Here is a quotation Here is a quotation 
</blockquote>

Code (markup):

 

hi, works a treat and selects beautifully.

i'm assuming there's no way for it to autocopy upon click?

thanks again

 

It's possible, you need a .swf file working as a transportation helper though, to make it work with Firefox.
A working example is in the zip file.