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Tim
Tim

Reputation: 7056

jquery get select() selection

think this should be an easy one... I want to get the currently selected text using jquery's select() function.

$('textarea').select(function(selection) {
    alert(selection);
});

This returns [object Object]... how do I return the selected text?

Many thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 463

Answers (1)

Andy
Andy

Reputation: 30135

From jquery's select() doc:

The method for retrieving the current selected text differs from one browser to another. A number of jQuery plug-ins offer cross-platform solutions.

a quick google search for "jquery get selected text" turned up this:

http://motyar.blogspot.com/2010/02/get-user-selected-text-with-jquery-and.html
this:
http://mark.koli.ch/2009/09/use-javascript-and-jquery-to-get-user-selected-text.html
and many more

Upvotes: 4

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