selectionStart / selectionEnd and FF 1.0pr

[snoopy]

Hi,
Previously I have this code working in FF 0.9 in a web forum :

bodytext = (document.all) ?
document.select ion.createRange ().text:documen t.getSelection( );
if (selectedtext.c reateTextRange) {
selectedtext.ca retPos = document.select ion.createRange ().duplicate();
}
else if (document.postf orm.body.setSel ectionRange){
bodytext =
document.postfo rm.body.value.s ubstring(docume nt.postform.bod y.selectionStar t
,document.postf orm.body.select ionEnd)
}

With the advent of FF 1.0, this is now broken and returns bodytext as blank.
Does anyone know of any changes in the scripting that would have caused this
or suggest a remedy?

Cheers

[Martin Honnen]

snoopy wrote:

Previously I have this code working in FF 0.9 in a web forum :

bodytext = (document.all) ?
document.select ion.createRange ().text:documen t.getSelection( );
if (selectedtext.c reateTextRange) {
selectedtext.ca retPos = document.select ion.createRange ().duplicate();
}
else if (document.postf orm.body.setSel ectionRange){
bodytext =
document.postfo rm.body.value.s ubstring(docume nt.postform.bod y.selectionStar t
,document.postf orm.body.select ionEnd)
}

With the advent of FF 1.0, this is now broken and returns bodytext as blank.
Does anyone know of any changes in the scripting that would have caused this
or suggest a remedy?

What kind of element is document.postfo rm.body, a <textarea>, an <input
type="text">, an <input type="password" >?
Do you have a test case where it fails?
--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[snoopy]

Ahh - sorted.
The useragent wasnt being detected correctly.
Seems 1.0pr is detected as firefox 0.10 (and not 1.0) for some wierd
reason.....
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snoopy wrote:

Previously I have this code working in FF 0.9 in a web forum :

bodytext = (document.all) ?
document.select ion.createRange ().text:documen t.getSelection( );
if (selectedtext.c reateTextRange) {
selectedtext.ca retPos = document.select ion.createRange ().duplicate();
}
else if (document.postf orm.body.setSel ectionRange){
bodytext =
document.postfo rm.body.value.s ubstring(docume nt.postform.bod y.selectionStar t ,document.postf orm.body.select ionEnd)
}

With the advent of FF 1.0, this is now broken and returns bodytext as blank. Does anyone know of any changes in the scripting that would have caused this or suggest a remedy?

What kind of element is document.postfo rm.body, a <textarea>, an <input
type="text">, an <input type="password" >?
Do you have a test case where it fails?
--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Randy Webb]

snoopy wrote:

Ahh - sorted.
The useragent wasnt being detected correctly.
It very seldom is, and this is just another case to back up the object
detection route instead of browser detection.

Seems 1.0pr is detected as firefox 0.10 (and not 1.0) for some wierd
reason.....

Because you are relying on an unreliable method to determine it.
--
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

snoopy wrote:

Ahh - sorted.
The useragent wasnt being detected correctly.
Seems 1.0pr is detected as firefox 0.10 (and not 1.0) for some wierd
reason.....
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