CzSelection - JS library

Example

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Browsers support

Library tested in

• Opera 12.16
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox

API

Cz.Selection.getText(textarea)

Gets selected text. Returns String.

Cz.Selection.getLines(textarea)

Gets selected lines. Returns array of strings.

Cz.Selection.getLength(textarea)

Gets length of selected text. Returns int.

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Cz.Selection.wrap(textarea, prefix, suffix, selectAll = FALSE)

Wraps selected text. Returns void.

Cz.Selection.unwrap(textarea, prefix, suffix)

Unwraps selected text. Returns void.

Cz.Selection.wrapLines(textarea, prefix, suffix, ignoreSpaces = FALSE)

Wraps selected lines. Returns void.

Cz.Selection.unwrapLines(textarea, prefix, suffix, ignoreSpaces = FALSE)

Unwraps selected lines. Returns void.

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Cz.Selection.replace(textarea, text, replaceAlways = FALSE, selectReplacedText = TRUE)

Replace selected text. Returns void.

Cz.Selection.insert(textarea, text, position = undefined, selectInsertedText = FALSE)

Insert text at the position (or cursor positon/end current selection for undefined value). Returns void.

TextAreaSelection

var myTextArea = document.getElementById('my-textarea');
var selection = new Cz.TextAreaSelection(myTextArea);

selection.getText();
selection.getLines();
selection.getLength();

selection.wrap(prefix, suffix, selectAll);
selection.unwrap(prefix, suffix);
selection.wrapLines(prefix, suffix, ignoreSpaces);
selection.unwrapLines(prefix, suffix, ignoreSpaces);

selection.replace(text, replaceAlways, selectReplacedText);
selection.insert(text, position, selectInsertedText);
selection.focus();

Require CzTextAreaSelection.js file.

Source

See repository czproject/selection-js on server GitHub.com.

License

Copyright © 2013 Jan Pecha (http://janpecha.iunas.cz/) All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
• Neither the name of “Cz Project“ nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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