Re: getSelection - method of document or window?

From	Dr J R Stockton <reply1128@merlyn.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: getSelection - method of document or window?
Date	2011-07-16 18:53 +0100
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In comp.lang.javascript message <b108c664-9f71-4519-98c9-216429f42a73@m3
g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:22:21, RobG
<rgqld@iinet.net.au> posted:

>A general method for getting the selected text in a document (other
>than inside input and textarea elements) is:

If you should later wish to extend to using textarea, recall that there
is at least one version of at least one browser in which it was
necessary for "readonly" to be not set at the exact moment of executing
the test grab.   Web  <http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-props.htm> E&OE.

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