Select all

The SelectAll feature allows selecting the entire content of the WYSIWYG editor using the Ctrl/⌘+A keystroke or the toolbar button.

# Demo

Press Ctrl/⌘+A or use the toolbar button to select the entire content of the editor. Note that when editing an image caption, the selection will only expand to the boundaries of the caption.

Rich Text Editor

The three greatest things you learn from traveling

Like all the great things on earth traveling teaches us by example. Here are some of the most precious lessons I’ve learned over the years of traveling.

Appreciation of diversity

Getting used to an entirely different culture can be challenging. While it’s also nice to learn about cultures online or from books, nothing comes close to experiencing cultural diversity in person. You learn to appreciate each and every single one of the differences while you become more culturally fluid.

# Installation

This feature is enabled by default in all builds (loaded by the Essentials plugin). The installation instructions are for developers interested in building their own, custom rich text editor.

To add this feature to your editor, install the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-select-all package:

npm install --save @ckeditor/ckeditor5-select-all

Then add the SelectAll plugin to your plugin list:

import SelectAll from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-select-all/src/selectall';

ClassicEditor
    .create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ), {
        // Load the plugin.
        plugins: [ SelectAll, ... ],

        // Display the "Select all" button in the toolbar.
        toolbar: [ 'selectAll', ... ],
    } )
    .then( ... )
    .catch( ... );

# Common API

The SelectAll plugin registers the 'selectAll' UI button component and the 'selectAll' command implemented by SelectAllCommand.

The command can be executed using the editor.execute() method:

// Select the entire content of the editor.
editor.execute( 'selectAll' );

We recommend using the official CKEditor 5 inspector for development and debugging. It will give you tons of useful information about the state of the editor such as internal data structures, selection, commands, and many more.

# Contribute

The source code of the feature is available on GitHub in https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5-select-all.