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PHP code to get selected text of a combo box

I have a combo box named "Make". In that combo box I'm loading vehicle manufacturer names. When I click SEARCH button I want to display the selected manufacturer name. Below is part of my HTML code.
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MVC3: Get Drop down menu selected value/text via Javascript

On MVC3, with a dropdownlist defined as @Html.dropDownList(m=>m.model, new SelectList(m.myList, "value", "text")) How can I get the selected value and/or text via javascript? I tried passing a name: @Html.dropDownList(m=>m.model, new…
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Changing vim selected text colors

I would like to add a color scheme rule in vim in which I could apply black over white in a text everytime it's selected in visual mode. Any ideas ? Thank you.
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UITextField SigAbrts on selectedTextRange

I'm trying to find and delete the selected text in a text field, but it SIGABRTs every time. I keep getting an NSInvalidArgumentException when I try to retrieve the selectedTextRange. In fact I tested it and every function having to do with the…
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How Can I create a item in the text selected menu in Android?

I am developing an App with kotlin and Jetpack Compose and I want to add an item to this menu: image menu 1 when I select a text, I would like to show in this menu an option from my app, is this possible? thanks!
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Color change of selected text not working

Hey Guys im currently stuck in writing a Debug function where my Exception should gets printed in Red to an RichTextBox. I tried different solutions i've found here but they are not working, so i think i'm doing something wrong. Here is my Function…
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how to get selected text, but can I get surrounding context in javascript?

I am able to grab the text that a user has selected on a web page, using this code: function getSelected() { var userSelection; if (window.getSelection) { selection = window.getSelection(); } else if (document.selection) { …
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How to select a text in a textView having a NSRange in Swift?

I have a UITextView where I would like to select a part of the text. I'm trying to use selectedTextRange, unfortunately I get this error: Cannot convert value of type 'NSRange' (aka '_NSRange') to expected argument type 'UITextRange' This is the…
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combobox automatically selecting a value

I using a System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox and I'm getting some weird unexpected behavior. In c#, I am dynically adding a few comboBoxes to my form and binding them to a list. The only fields I'm setting are DataSource,ValueMember, and DisplayMember.…
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Javascript: How to find which instance of a particular text (e.g. a word which occurs more than once in a paragraph) was selected in a long paragraph?

I plan to develop a web application. In a part of the application, the user selects a text from a paragraph, and then click a save button. For example, the user selects "apple" (shown in bold) from the following text: An apple is the pomaceous…
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Select the Initial Text in a Silverlight TextBox

I am trying to figure out the best way to select all the text in a TextBox the first time the control is loaded. I am using the MVVM pattern, so I am using two-way binding for the Text property of the TextBox to a string on my ViewModel. I am using…
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Get position of selected text in string in textbox

Ok, I'm trying to do something a little specific here. I want to get the location of the selected text in a textbox. To elaborate- I can use location to select text. If I have a textBox1 I could do: textBox1.SelectionStart =…
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WPF RichTextBox - Replace Selected Text with Custom Control

Before I start hacking in a really crude solution, I thought I'd see if someone could give me a little nudge in the right direction. What I really want to do is let a user select some text in a RichTextBox, click a button, and convert that text into…
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ContentEditable Replace String using JS

I have a ContentEditable Section. I want to get what the user selects, and then replace it with a new string. So I will want the start and end of selected string, remove the old string, put the new string in place (will be longer). Example: Typed…
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