selection object

[Aidan]

I am trying to achieve in Netscape what I can achieve in IE by
document.selection.empty(). This will remove the highlighting created by
Ctrl A or by dragging over text on a page. I can access the selection object
in NS using window.getSelection() but I have not found any way to clear it
so as to remove the highlighting. I have tried the collapse() method but
that does not do it. Any tips would be appreciated.
thanks,
Aidan

 

[rh]

I am trying to achieve in Netscape what I can achieve in IE by
document.selection.empty(). This will remove the highlighting created by
Ctrl A or by dragging over text on a page. I can access the selection object
in NS using window.getSelection() but I have not found any way to clear it
so as to remove the highlighting. I have tried the collapse() method but
that does not do it. Any tips would be appreciated.

window.getSelection.RemoveAllRanges(); perhaps? See:

<url:http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/7863>

../rh

 

[rh]

window.getSelection.RemoveAllRanges(); perhaps? See:

Er, not quite. Let's make that:

window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
as per the reference.

../rh

 

[Aidan]

That works!

thank you so much, Aidan