September 14, 2011
.getSelection()
Question by Jean
HTML code–
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.field.selection.js"></script>
<div id="copy">Copy</div>
<textarea....id="t">
jquery—
$(docu.....
$('#copy').click(function(){
var range = $('#TextArea').getSelection();
alert(range.text);
});
});
When the #copy button is pressed the alert does not show the selected text in #t. It comes in blank.
I need the selected text from the textarea
Answer by Starx
Your code is not running because, this statement fails
var range = $('#TextArea').getSelection();
There is nothing as TextArea as ID in the markup you provided, so the script encounters an error and does not continue beyond it.
If you place the alert at the top part, I am sure the alert box will pop up.
i.e
$('#copy').click(function(){
alert(''); //this will work
var range = $('#TextArea').getSelection();
alert(range.text);
});
