Retrieve selected text in IE

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getSelection() not working in IE

I was trying to get the selected content, and I found this:

   window.getSelection().toString();

It works in most of the browser, except the obvious, IE.

So, what to do?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5421892/getselection-not-working-in-ie Is this what you're looking for? — George, Oct 01 '12 at 12:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '12 at 12:57

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Only IE9 onwards supports window.getSelection(). You can use document.selection instead in earlier versions.

answered Oct 01 '12 at 12:57

Mitch Satchwell

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 01 '12 at 13:10

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The full syntax was:

document.selection.createRange().text;

edited Oct 01 '12 at 13:10

Vikdor

answered Oct 01 '12 at 13:03

user1691388

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