document.selection - not working in firefox

sekannak

Hi, This is not firing in Mozilla firefox.. if (document.selection) { alert("abc"); } what is the equalant function for Firefox can u clear me plz..... Regards, kannak

kannak

Prosanta Kundu online

Hi See this link http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaScript/HTML/UsingthedocumentselectionObject.htm[^] Cheers Prosanta Kundu

sekannak

Hi, I tried that link ..its working fine in IE but not working in Firefox.. my problem is also like that ...the Javascript function is working in IE but not working in FIREfox regards, kannak.........

kannak

Prosanta Kundu online

Hi Here is your code below

Selection Test Page
function foo() {

var selObj = window.getSelection();
alert(selObj);
var selRange = selObj.getRangeAt(0);
// do stuff with the range
}

Select some of the text in document. Select text and see the result.

Cheers Prosanta Kundu

sekannak

Hi, I will clearly explain my requirement , Listbox and textbox in my page..listbox having 5 rows...when i select any data from the listbox , the selected data should copied and pasted to the Textbox...for i use Javascript method ...its working fine in IE but not working in Firefox..the javascript method as follows..can u please check it out why its not working in Firefox.. function insertTextFun() { if (document.selection) { document.getElementById("<%= txtExprsn.ClientID %>").focus(); var sel = document.selection.createRange(); var varname = document.getElementById("<%= lsbFunction.ClientID %>"); sel.text = varname.options[varname.selectedIndex].text; } else if (txtExprsn.selectionStart || txtExprsn.selectionStart == '0') { var startPos = txtExprsn.selectionStart; var endPos = txtExprsn.selectionEnd; txtExprsn.value = txtExprsn.value.substring(0, startPos) + lsbFunction[lsbFunction.selectedIndex] + txtExprsn.value.substring(endPos, txtExprsn.value.length); } else { txtExprsn.value += lsbFunction[lsbFunction.selectedIndex]; } Am calling this function onclick method of the listbox.. Thanks in Advance, kannak.......

kannak

Prosanta Kundu online

Hi here is your code <pre> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>Selection Test Page</title> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> function insertTextFun() { if (document.selection) { document.getElementById("txtExprsn").focus(); var sel = document.selection.createRange(); var varname = document.getElementById("lsbFunction"); sel.text = varname.options[varname.selectedIndex].text; document.getElementById("txtExprsn").focus(); } else if (window.getSelection()) { var input = document.getElementById("txtExprsn"); var varname = document.getElementById("lsbFunction"); var start = input.selectionStart; var end = input.selectionEnd; var insText = input.value.substring(start, end); input.value = input.value.substr(0, start) + varname.options[varname.selectedIndex].text + input.value.substr(end); input.selectionStart = start; input.selectionEnd = (start + varname.options[varname.selectedIndex].text.length); input.focus(); } else { txtExprsn.value += lsbFunction[lsbFunction.selectedIndex]; } } </script> </head> <body > <select id="lsbFunction" size=5 onclick="insertTextFun()"> <option value="function1">function1</option> <option value="function2">function2</option> <option value="function3">function3</option> <option value="function4">function4</option> <option value="function5">function5</option> </select> <textarea id="txtExprsn" rows="10" cols="40"> This is an example of [bla bla bla] selection. </textarea> </body> </html> </pre> Cheers Prosanta Kundu

modified on Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:04 AM

sekannak · modified on Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:04 AM

Hi, Thanks u for your response, i will use this code...... regards, kannak......

kannak