generate/get the Xpath for a selected textnode

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Is it possible to get/generate the XPath, for a text selected in the HTML page. Say,I have opened an html file using a browser,say safari/firefox, now i select some text (using mouse), i want to generate/get the xpath for that. is it possible to get it programatically? how?

I asked a similar question and got some interesting answers: stackoverflow.com/questions/3454526/… — Marc
– Marc, Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 13:06

Martin Honnen · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-29 12:33:27Z

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Some years ago I wrote the following sample and tested it to work with Mozilla and with Opera. It stores the selection in a cookie and can restore the selection from that cookie. It generates and stores an XPath expression to the startContainer and endContainer of the selected range and the numbers of the offset.

answered Mar 29, 2010 at 12:33

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Martin Honnen Over a year ago

I can load the sample home.arcor.de/martin.honnen/javascript/storingSelection1.html fine and it continues to work for me with Mozilla browsers like Firefox, it also works in Microsoft Edge. It does not work in Internet Explorer as that browser does not support XPath selection on nodes in HTML documents.

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