document.getElementById('analyseArticleBody').addEventListener('selectionchange', () => {
console.log('hello')
this.doubleClick()
})
I want to know if any word is selected inside this section
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What have you tried so far? What was the result? – Max Lemieux Apr 06 '20 at 05:29
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Can you create a demo and share it? – uiTeam324 Apr 06 '20 at 07:18
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I Got the answer.. I have used mouseUp event over the section and used the window.getSelection() – abhi matta Apr 06 '20 at 13:46
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https://jsfiddle.net/2C6fB/1/ – abhi matta Apr 06 '20 at 13:47
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You can calculate the length of document.getSelection():
document.addEventListener('selectionchange', (ev) => {
var selection = document.getSelection().toString();
console.log(selection.length + " characters selected");
})Test text
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but selectionChange works on the full document as far I know. Anyways thanks for the answer. – abhi matta Apr 06 '20 at 13:40
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As noted on this other answer, this event only attaches to the document but you could use selectstart for a specific element.
JavaScript selectionchange event for a particular element only
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selectionstart don't meet my requirement, as it is fired whenever the selection starts..I want it when one is finished with the selection.Link helped me though.Thanks. – abhi matta Apr 06 '20 at 13:45