selected text

[Rob]

Hello all

Is it possible to get which text in a textarea element is selected ?

If so How?

Thanks Rob

 

[Ivo]

Is it possible to get which text in a textarea element is selected ?

The function below returns any selected text (in IE, Netscape and iCab). Or
if no text is selected, null is returned. You have to do additional tests to
see if it is in the textarea. You should call this function onmousedown and
not onclick, because that may unselect the selection.

function isselect(){
if((d=document).getSelection)return d.getSelection();
if(d.selection && d.selection.createRange)return
d.selection.createRange().text;
return false;
}

HTH
Ivo

 

[Douglas Crockford]

Is it possible to get which text in a textarea element is selected ?

The function below returns any selected text (in IE, Netscape and iCab). Or
if no text is selected, null is returned. You have to do additional tests to
see if it is in the textarea. You should call this function onmousedown and
not onclick, because that may unselect the selection.

function isselect(){
if((d=document).getSelection)return d.getSelection();
if(d.selection && d.selection.createRange)return
d.selection.createRange().text;
return false;
}

I would be happier with the function if it looked like this:

function isselect() {
var d = document;
if (d.getSelection) {
return d.getSelection();
} else if (d.selection && d.selection.createRange) {
return d.selection.createRange().text;
}
return false;
}

 

[Rob]

Hello all

Is it possible to get which text in a textarea element is selected ?

If so How?

Thanks Rob

thanks, just what I needed
Rob