I would like to have users click a link that then selects the html text in another element (NOT an input). By "select" I mean the same way you would select text by dragging your mouse over it. This has been a bear to research because everyone talks about "select" or "highlight" in other terms.

Is this possible?

My code so far is thus:

html:

<a href="javascript:" onclick="SelectText('xhtml-code')">Select Code</a>
<code id="xhtml-code">Some Code here </code>

js (jquery):

function SelectText(element) {
    $("#" + element).select();
}

but it doesn't work. Am I missing something blatantly obvious?

Thanks