Is there any Javascript function or method that returns selected text?

[SpArKy]

For e.g, I have a textarea and I want to get only the selected text
(the text I mark with the mouse).
Anybody?

ThX

[Olexiy Merenkov]

Hello,

function getSel()
{
if (document.getSelection) txt = document.getSelection();
else if (document.selection) txt = document.selection.createRange().text;
else return;

document.forms[0].selectedtext.value = txt.replace(new
RegExp('([\\f\\n\\r\\t\\v ])+', 'g')," ");
}
I've found this function here:http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/selected.html
Kindest Regards,
Olexiy Merenkov
http://www.merenkov.com/olexiy

For e.g, I have a textarea and I want to get only the selected text
(the text I mark with the mouse).
Anybody?

ThX

[DU]

SpArKy wrote:

For e.g, I have a textarea and I want to get only the selected text
(the text I mark with the mouse).
Anybody?

ThX

function ShowSelectedText()
{
if (window.getSelection) // recent Mozilla versions
{
var selectedString = window.getSelection();
}
else if (document.all) // MSIE 4+
{
var selectedString = document.selection.createRange().text;
}
else if (document.getSelection) //older Mozilla versions
{
var selectedString = document.getSelection();
};

alert("The text you selected is \n'" + selectedString + "'");
}

DU
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