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getSelection polyfill
(function (a, b, c) {
this[b] = // assign the new function to window.getSelection
this[b] || // use window.getSelection if available
a[b] || // fallback to document.getSelection
function () {
return a[c] && a[c].createRange().text; // fallback to document.selection
};
}(document, 'getSelection', 'selection'));
(function(a,b,c){this[b]=this[b]||a[b]||function(){return a[c]&&a[c].createRange().text}}(document,'getSelection','selection'))
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2011 YOUR_NAME_HERE <YOUR_URL_HERE>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
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0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
{
"name": "getSelection polyfill",
"description": "This should be a short description of your entry.",
"keywords": [
"getSelection",
"selection",
"polyfill",
"range",
"cursor"
]
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>getSelection polyfill</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>Foo is not equal to bar.</b></div>
<div>Actual value: <textarea id="ret"></textarea></div>
<script>
(function(a,b,c){this[b]=this[b]||a[b]||function(){return a[c]&&a[c].createRange().text}}(document,'getSelection','selection'))
document.onmouseup = document.onmousemove = function (e) {
e = e || event;
if (e.button || e.which) document.getElementById( "ret" ).value = getSelection();
};
</script>
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