User is on a webpage , uses his mouse to select stuff, how can i use javascript to know what has been selected?
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3Do you want the nodes, or just the text?outis– outis2009-11-09 04:10:34 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2009 at 4:10
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If you wanted the nodes: stackoverflow.com/questions/4220478/…Ebrahim Byagowi– Ebrahim Byagowi2012-07-21 21:43:48 +00:00Commented Jul 21, 2012 at 21:43
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To get the raw text currently highlighted on the page you can do something like this:
function getSelectedText() {
return window.getSelection ? window.getSelection()
: document.selection.createRange().text;
}
Check an example of the above code here.
More info:
answered Nov 9, 2009 at 4:20
Christian C. Salvadó
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If you're talking about the user dragging his mouse over text so that it's highlighted, use the Selection and Range objects (for Mozilla) and Selection and TextRange objects (for IE).
