Hi jscher, thanks for your code, it opened my eyes what's going on behind the scene. I played around with your code and found out that such difference is not needed in other browsers. Multiple ranges in a selection A selection object represents the that the user has selected. A range can be retrieved from a selection as a object. Notes String representation of a selection Calling the method returns the text contained in the selection, e.
Experimental Non-standard Chrome Full support Yes Edge? So maybe there isn't a solution after all for capturing the highlighted text? Related objects You can call , which works identically to Window. If anchorNode is an element, this is the number of child nodes of the anchorNode preceding the anchor. However, if I run this in Firefox tested in 4. Cheers for the help and advice everyone. Opera Full support Yes Safari Full support Yes WebView Android Full support Yes Chrome Android Full support Yes Edge Mobile? The alert box pops up empty as if there were no text selected at all but if I close the alert box I can see the selected text highlighted in my textarea field. The getSelection property of the interface returns a object representing the range of text selected by the user, or the current position of the caret.
Expect behavior to change in the future. So I am a beginner. As the user changes the selection using the mouse or the keyboard, the anchor does not move. The anchor is where the user began the selection and the focus is where the user ends the selection. Can return null if selection never existed in the document, for example in iframe that was never clicked on. Editor's Draft Initial older definition.
Hi everyone, I am new to Webdesign and I also just got recently into Javascript. In the above example, selObj. The selection's anchor does not move, but the selection's focus, the other end of the selection, does move. Moves the focus of the selection to a specified point. I will continue to look into ways to implement it in mozilla and netscape, and let you know if I get anywhere, but you will most certainly need to use an iframe instead of a div. Specifications Specification Status Comment Obsolete Initial definition.
This is an Check the carefully before using this in production. Notice also the difference between selection and focus. As the user changes the selection using the mouse or the keyboard, the focus is the end of the selection that moves. This can make the object appear to be a string when used with other functions when it is really an object with properties and methods. Read only Returns a number representing the offset of the selection's anchor within the anchorNode.
He said he had workaround on report like that. Looking arround the google I found this: I was consulting with adly today about that. Thanks for any help on it. Hi dear, Now I using bellow script for format numbers. I do hope this helps.
If focusNode is an element, this is the number of child nodes of the focusNode preceding the focus. It is worth noting that currently getSelection doesn't work on the content of elements in Firefox. Expect behavior to change in the future. } so all together became as follows: if o. Here is the code: Code: Select text or part of it. Indicates if a certain node is part of the selection.
To obtain a Selection object for examination or modification, call. Expect behavior to change in the future. Which is certainly not ideal. Specifications Specification Status Comment Working Draft New spec. In cross-browser compatible code it's better to handle them separately. Can return null if selection never existed in the document, for example in iframe that was never clicked on. If you make a selection with a desktop mouse, the anchor is placed where you pressed the mouse button and the focus is placed where you released the mouse button.
When called on an that is not displayed eg. Focus then moves to the editing host. This is not a bug reporting portal, mister. However, attempting to use a JavaScript property or method such as or directly on a object will result in an error if it does not have that property or method and may return unexpected results if it does. A range can contain entire nodes as well as portions of nodes, such as a portion of a text node. Is there really something wrong with Netscape 7. Deletes the selection's content from the document.