How can I get the selected text (in a contenteditable div) in Firefox ? It would be enough for recent versions, no need to cover old versions.
Say I have a contenteditable div
that looks like the below and someone selects a text there and then hits a button, how can I copy the selected text to the clipboard or a variable ?
Example:
<div class='editInput' id='editInput'>Some awesome text</div>
My current function (working in IE):
function GetSelection()
{
if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined")
{
var sel = window.getSelection();
if (sel.rangeCount)
{
var container = document.createElement('div');
for (var i = 0, len = sel.rangeCount; i < len; ++i)
container.appendChild(sel.getRangeAt(i).cloneContents());
return container.innerHTML;
}
}
else if (typeof document.selection != 'undefined')
if (document.selection.type == 'Text')
return document.selection.createRange().htmlText;
return '';
}