Mozilla XML - Question about someting similar to textrange in Mozilla/Firefox

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Question about someting similar to textrange in Mozilla/Firefox

Simon Engvall

2005-04-04, 12:35 pm

Hi,

I have a table full of <div>elements with content. When I use IE I can use
the method parentElement() in the textrange object to retrive witch element
the cursor is at och the selected, is there something similar available in
the Mozilaa/Firefoxworld?

Thanks in advance Simon Engvall

Martin Honnen

2005-04-04, 12:35 pm

Simon Engvall wrote:

> I have a table full of <div>elements with content. When I use IE I can use
> the method parentElement() in the textrange object to retrive witch element
> the cursor is at och the selected, is there something similar available in
> the Mozilaa/Firefoxworld?

I am not sure why you are asking in the XML group.
As for text selection in Mozilla, there are some APIs,
var selection = window.getSelection();
gives you a selection object, its API is documented here
<http://xulplanet.com/references/objref/Selection.html>
If you have further questions on that API then try the DOM group,
followup-to is set.

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