Selecting text on focus using jQuery not working in Safari and Chrome

Question

I have the following jQuery code (similar to this question) that works in Firefox and IE, but fails (no errors, just doesn't work) in Chrome and Safari. Any ideas for a workaround?

$("#souper_fancy").focus(function() { $(this).select() });

Answer 1

This works fine for input type="text" elements. What kind of element is #souper_fancy?

$("#souper_fancy").focus(function() {
    $(this).select();
});

Answer 2

It's the onmouseup event that is causing the selection to get unselected, so you just need to add:

$("#souper_fancy").mouseup(function(e){
 e.preventDefault();
});