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This looks to be pretty close to what I'm looking for, however I can't seem to get this to work on a non-double click. &nbsp;With an href or a button, it's killing the selected text and... Well, making people double click nothing doesn't work. &nbsp;Any ideas why a button/href fail on this?
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This looks to be pretty close to what I'm looking for, however I can't seem to get this to work on a non-double click.  With an href or a button, it's killing the selected text and... Well, making people double click nothing doesn't work.  Any ideas why a button/href fail on this?

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Hi there, been searching the web with no avail. &nbsp;Basically, what I'm trying to do is get the start/end position of highlighted text. &nbsp;So, say for example we have:<br />
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Hello my name is Jimmy<br />
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The word 'Hello' is highlighted, button clicked. &nbsp;Start position would be 0, end 4 or so. <br />
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Positions are pretty much all I need to know, the selection would initially be made with getSelection() or createRange() for compatibility.<br />
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I've seen some methods such as anchorOffset, focusOffset, anchorNode, anchorOffset, but I just can't seem to get them working. &nbsp;JS newbie, the DOM documentation and web documentation isn't really helping. &nbsp;<br />
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Any thoughts would be highly appreciated.<br />

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Hi there, been searching the web with no avail.  Basically, what I'm trying to do is get the start/end position of highlighted text.  So, say for example we have:

Hello my name is Jimmy

The word 'Hello' is highlighted, button clicked.  Start position would be 0, end 4 or so. 

Positions are pretty much all I need to know, the selection would initially be made with getSelection() or createRange() for compatibility.

I've seen some methods such as anchorOffset, focusOffset, anchorNode, anchorOffset, but I just can't seem to get them working.  JS newbie, the DOM documentation and web documentation isn't really helping.  

Any thoughts would be highly appreciated.


getSelection Start/End position

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