Software Code Help blogs - How can I get the selected text from a TextBox?

Monday, September 01, 2008

here is the working code:

<div>

<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txt1" TextMode="MultiLine" />

<asp:HiddenField runat="server" ID="hidSelectedText" />

<asp:Button runat="server" ID="showselected" Text="Show selected" OnClientClick="doselection();" OnClick="showselected_Click" />

function doselection()

{

if (window.getSelection)

{

txt = window.getSelection();

}

else if (document.getSelection)

{

txt = document.getSelection();

}

else if (document.selection)

{

txt = document.selection.createRange().text;

}

else

{

alert('selection not supported');

}

document.getElementById('<%=hidSelectedText.ClientID %>').value = txt;

}

</script>

</div>

</form>

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protected void showselected_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

Response.Write(hidSelectedText.Value);

}

Monday, September 01, 2008 3:50:18 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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