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textarea: get text left and right from selected text

Hello everybody,

I am looking for a method to get the text on the left and the right
side if a user selects some text in a textarea.

Regards Mario

Aug 23 '06 #1
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*** mariomueller escribió/wrote (23 Aug 2006 12:31:43 -0700):
I am looking for a method to get the text on the left and the right
side if a user selects some text in a textarea.
This article may help:

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/selected.html

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Aug 23 '06 #2
Hi Alvaro,

unfortunately not!

Regards Mario


Alvaro G. Vicario schrieb:
*** mariomueller escribió/wrote (23 Aug 2006 12:31:43 -0700):
I am looking for a method to get the text on the left and the right
side if a user selects some text in a textarea.

This article may help:

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/selected.html

--
-+ http://alvaro.es - Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
++ Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://bits.demogracia.com
+- Mi web de humor con rayos UVA: http://www.demogracia.com
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Aug 24 '06 #3

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