dustPuppy

how do i convert selection.createRange to be used in firefox?

I need to get the selected text from a textarea.
It works fine in IE with document.selection.createRange(), but not in Firefox.
It doesn't have to be crossbrowser, I just want to be able to do the same thing in Firefox (IE doesn't matter right now).

Status: Open Mar 07, 2009 - 08:20 AM

firefox, JavaScript, textarea, Internet Explorer

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nidhi

Mar 07, 2009 - 01:01 PM

could it be because the syntax is different?

maybe use document.getSelection for firefox

see this for explanation
http://www.webreference.com/js/column...

and this for example
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtop...

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dustPuppy

Mar 07, 2009 - 11:51 PM

yes, i found out that getSelection().getRangeAt(0) works in Firefox.

thanks, nidhi

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nidhi

Mar 08, 2009 - 12:05 AM

Nice one, your working hard this weekend eh :)

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dustPuppy

Mar 08, 2009 - 01:31 AM

yeah, extracurricular stuff :)

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