How to programatically select all text inside a TinyMCE editor

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Published on 2010-04-27T16:44:17Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 17:13 UTC
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I'm looking for a way to programatically select all the content inside a TinyMCE editor instance.

The reason I need this is that I'd like it if all the text inside the editor was selected, as soon as someone clicks on it (I'm using TinyMCE in conjunction with JEditable, by the way).

Thanks,
Edan

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