window.getSelection() of textarea not working in firefox?
firefox, javascript
Solution
It appears `getSelection` does not work on text selected in form fields due to this Firefox bug.
As explained in this answer, the workaround is to use `selectionStart` and `selectionEnd` instead.
Here is a modified example that works correctly:
http://jsfiddle.net/AVLCY/1/
Problem
I am trying to get selection text on HTML page. I use below code, and `window.getSelection()` on textarea seams not work in firefox, but works fine in Google Chrome. - I am using firefox 24, and chrome 27. Here is a sample: http://jsfiddle.net/AVLCY/ HTML: ``` <div>Text in div</div> <textarea>Hello textarea</textarea> <div id='debug'></div> ``` JS: ``` $(document).on('mouseup','body',function(){ $("#debug").html("You select '" + getSelectionText() + "'"); }); function getSelectionText() { if (window.getSelection) { try { // return "" in firefox return window.getSelection().toString(); } catch (e) { console.log('Cant get selection text') } } // For IE if (document.selection && document.selection.type != "Control") { return document.selection.createRange().text; } } ```