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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Getting Selected Text</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var isNav4 = (navigator.appName == "Netscape" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4)
var isNav4Min = (navigator.appName == "Netscape" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
var isIE4Min = (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1 && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
function showSelection() {
if (isNav4Min) {
document.forms[0].selectedText.value = document.getSelection()
} else if (isIE4Min) {
if (document.selection) {
document.forms[0].selectedText.value =
document.selection.createRange().text
event.cancelBubble = true
}
}
}
if (isNav4) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEUP)
}
document.onmouseup = showSelection
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Getting Selected Text</H1>
<HR>
<P>Select some text and see how JavaScript can capture the selection:</P>
<H2>ARTICLE I</H2>
<P>
text text text text text text text text text text text text text
</P>
</HR>
<FORM>
<TEXTAREA NAME="selectedText" ROWS=3 COLS=40 WRAP="virtual"></TEXTAREA>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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