Selecting the content of a div in a Button click.

[visu]

I need a solution to my problem.
the problem is

I ll have a button in page ... and when i click it .. content of a div

tag has to be get selected (i.e what we normally do with mouse to
selecting some part of a page).. then i can do CTRl+C to copy the
selected div content.. to paste it in MS Word or in any other external
application..
i ve tried the select + copy + paste sequence with the use of
temporary text area element to store the innerHTML of Div tag and
copied to Clipboard. but while pasting the selected content in MS word
it appears like the textual tags not html formatted.. but when u do the

same with mouse clicks and drags u get the formatted pasting in ms
word. why? is it possible to just let to user to select a div while
clicking a button, pressing ctrl+c to copy and paste the content in
another application(ms word etc)?.

Plz help me

[Martin Honnen]

visu wrote:

I ll have a button in page ... and when i click it .. content of a div

tag has to be get selected (i.e what we normally do with mouse to
selecting some part of a page)

<script type="text/javascript">
function selectNode (node) {
var selection, range, doc, win;
if ((doc = node.ownerDocum ent) && (win = doc.defaultView ) && typeof
win.getSelectio n != 'undefined' && typeof doc.createRange != 'undefined'
&& (selection = window.getSelec tion()) && typeof
selection.remov eAllRanges != 'undefined') {
range = doc.createRange ();
range.selectNod e(node);
selection.remov eAllRanges();
selection.addRa nge(range);
}
else if (document.body && typeof document.body.c reateTextRange !=
'undefined' && (range = document.body.c reateTextRange( ))) {
range.moveToEle mentText(node);
range.select();
}
}
</script>

<div id="div1">
<h2>Example text</h2>
<p>Example paragraph. Kibology for all. All for Kibology.</p>
</div>

<div>
<input type="button" value="select div text"
onclick="window .selectNode(doc ument.getElemen tById('div1')); ">
</div>

works with Mozilla and IE.

--

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

[Martijn Saly]

visu wrote:

I need a solution to my problem.
the problem is

I ll have a button in page ... and when i click it .. content of a div

tag has to be get selected (i.e what we normally do with mouse to
selecting some part of a page).. then i can do CTRl+C to copy the
selected div content.. to paste it in MS Word or in any other external
application..
i ve tried the select + copy + paste sequence with the use of
temporary text area element to store the innerHTML of Div tag and
copied to Clipboard. but while pasting the selected content in MS word
it appears like the textual tags not html formatted.. but when u do the

same with mouse clicks and drags u get the formatted pasting in ms
word. why? is it possible to just let to user to select a div while
clicking a button, pressing ctrl+c to copy and paste the content in
another application(ms word etc)?.

Plz help me

So you want the plaintext-content of a div? Look at the normalize()
function.

--
Martijn Saly

[visu]

Martijn Saly wrote:

visu wrote:

I need a solution to my problem.
the problem is

I ll have a button in page ... and when i click it .. content of a div

tag has to be get selected (i.e what we normally do with mouse to
selecting some part of a page).. then i can do CTRl+C to copy the
selected div content.. to paste it in MS Word or in any other external
application..
i ve tried the select + copy + paste sequence with the use of
temporary text area element to store the innerHTML of Div tag and
copied to Clipboard. but while pasting the selected content in MS word
it appears like the textual tags not html formatted.. but when u do the

same with mouse clicks and drags u get the formatted pasting in ms
word. why? is it possible to just let to user to select a div while
clicking a button, pressing ctrl+c to copy and paste the content in
another application(ms word etc)?.

Plz help me

So you want the plaintext-content of a div? Look at the normalize()
function.

--
Martijn Saly

Thanx thanx.. thanx a lot..
i really i does the thing what i want exactly..
Thanx for ur solution.

Regards,
Visu.

[visu]

visu wrote:

Martijn Saly wrote:

visu wrote:

I need a solution to my problem.
the problem is
>
I ll have a button in page ... and when i click it .. content of a div
>
tag has to be get selected (i.e what we normally do with mouse to
selecting some part of a page).. then i can do CTRl+C to copy the
selected div content.. to paste it in MS Word or in any other external
application..
>
>
i ve tried the select + copy + paste sequence with the use of
temporary text area element to store the innerHTML of Div tag and
copied to Clipboard. but while pasting the selected content in MS word
it appears like the textual tags not html formatted.. but when u do the
>
same with mouse clicks and drags u get the formatted pasting in ms
word. wh

y? is it possible to just let to user to select a div while

clicking a button, pressing ctrl+c to copy and paste the content in
another application(ms word etc)?.
>
>
>
Plz help me
>

So you want the plaintext-content of a div? Look at the normalize()
function.

--
Martijn Saly

Thanx thanx.. thanx a lot..
i really i does the thing what i want exactly..
Thanx for ur solution.

Regards,
Visu.

sorry
i mean, it really does the thing what i want exactly..