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javascript html selection

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by catapop, Nov 20, 2008.

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    Hi. I am trying to create a function in js that returns the html code for the selected text in the page. I've searched google and i found only simple text selection.
    here is the code of what i've found

    <HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Getting Selected Text</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var isNav4 = (navigator.appName == "Netscape" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4)
var isNav4Min = (navigator.appName == "Netscape" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
var isIE4Min = (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1 && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
function showSelection() {
    if (isNav4Min) {
        document.forms[0].selectedText.value = document.getSelection()
    } else if (isIE4Min) {
        if (document.selection) {
            document.forms[0].selectedText.value =
                document.selection.createRange().text
            event.cancelBubble = true
        }
    }
}
if (isNav4) {
    document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEUP)
}
document.onmouseup = showSelection
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Getting Selected Text</H1>
<HR>
<P>Select some text and see how JavaScript can capture the selection:</P>
<H2>ARTICLE I</H2>
<P>
text text text text text text text text text text text text text 
</P>
</HR>
<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="selectedText" ROWS=3 COLS=40 WRAP="virtual"></TEXTAREA>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
    Code (markup):
    this example only returns the selected text not the html tags. I'm interested in a function that returns html code.
    Any help will be useful . Thanks you
     
    catapop, Nov 20, 2008 IP
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    cc2365 Member

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    Try using innerHTML. Maybe it will work.
     
    cc2365, Nov 21, 2008 IP
  3. catapop

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    no. innerHTML shows info from a tag. anyway i found the problem but I don't think it's possible. the browser wil add automatecly the missing tags in your selected text
     
    catapop, Nov 25, 2008 IP