Tryit Editor v1.8

Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("input").select(function(){
    $("input").after(" Text marked!");
  });
  $("button").click(function(){
    $("input").trigger("select");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<input type="text" value="Hello World">
<br><br>
<button>Trigger the select event for the input field</button>

</body>
</html>

Result:

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