show text when selected
<html>
<head>
<title>Selected Text</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<h1 style=color:green>
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</h1>
<script>
// Function to get the Selected Text
function getSelectedText() {
var selectedText = '';
// window.getSelection
if (window.getSelection) {
selectedText = window.getSelection();
}
// document.getSelection
else if (document.getSelection) {
selectedText = document.getSelection();
}
// document.selection
else if (document.selection) {
selectedText =
document.selection.createRange().text;
} else return;
// To write the selected text into the textarea
document.testform.selectedtext.value = selectedText;
}
</script>
<p>Select any part of this sentence
and press the button</p>
<!--Button to invoke the
function to get the selected text-->
<input type="button"
value="Get Selection"
onmousedown="getSelectedText()">
<!--Form to show the selected text as output-->
<form name="testform">
<textarea name="selectedtext"
rows="5"
cols="20"></textarea>
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>
