Select Text Button

<form> <textarea name="takeout" rows="2" cols="20">some text</textarea> <input type=button value="highlight code" onClick="javascript:this.form.takeout.focus();this.form.takeout.select();" name="takeout_button" style="background-color: beige; color: brown; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; border: 1 outset #FFFFFF"> </form>

HTML:
<form>
<textarea name="takeout" rows="2" cols="20">some text</textarea>
<input type=button value="highlight code" onClick="javascript:this.form.takeout.focus();this.form.takeout.select();" name="takeout_button" style="background-color: beige; color: brown; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; border: 1 outset #FFFFFF">
</form>