javascriptcoordinatesselectedtext

selected text and xy coordinates

how to get a selected text and xy coordinates of the word in the same time??

Solution

  • Just googled it:

    var txt = "";

if (window.getSelection) {
    txt = window.getSelection();
} else if (document.getSelection) {
    // FireFox 
    txt = document.getSelection();
} else if (document.selection) {
    // IE 6/7 
    txt = document.selection.createRange().text;
}

txt = txt.toString()

    There is no simple way to get X/Y coordinates of the selected text. Because it dependes on its container position and size, text font, text layout, and many many other variables.