function select(element) {
    var selectedText;

    if (element.nodeName === 'SELECT') {
        element.focus();

        selectedText = element.value;
    }
    else if (element.nodeName === 'INPUT' || element.nodeName === 'TEXTAREA') {
        var isReadOnly = element.hasAttribute('readonly');

        if (!isReadOnly) {
            element.setAttribute('readonly', '');
        }

        element.select();
        element.setSelectionRange(0, element.value.length);

        if (!isReadOnly) {
            element.removeAttribute('readonly');
        }

        selectedText = element.value;
    }
    else {
        if (element.hasAttribute('contenteditable')) {
            element.focus();
        }

        var selection = window.getSelection();
        var range = document.createRange();

        range.selectNodeContents(element);
        selection.removeAllRanges();
        selection.addRange(range);

        selectedText = selection.toString();
    }

    return selectedText;
}

module.exports = select;