function autoSelect(selectTarget) {

 	if(selectTarget != null && ((selectTarget.childNodes.length == 1

      && selectTarget.childNodes[0].nodeName == "#text") || (selectTarget.tagName == "INPUT"

      && selectTarget.type == "text"))) {

  		if(selectTarget.tagName == 'TEXTAREA' || (selectTarget.tagName == "INPUT" && selectTarget.type == "text")) {

  			 selectTarget.select();

  		} else if(window.getSelection) { // FF, Safari, Opera

   			var sel = window.getSelection();

   			var range = document.createRange();

   			range.selectNode(selectTarget.firstChild);

   			sel.removeAllRanges();

   			sel.addRange(range);

  		} else { // IE

   			document.selection.empty();

   			var range = document.body.createTextRange();

   			range.moveToElementText(selectTarget);

   			range.select();

  		}

 	}

}