Does chrome supports document.selection?

Question

I am new to javascript, trying to perform:

document.selection.createRange();

but document.selection always returns undefined.

I am using latest version of chrome.

what am I doing wrong?

thanks!

Solution 1

Use window.getSelection(), which is the most cross-browser compatible (it's supported in the current versions of all major browsers) and is the standard. Chrome certainly supports it as fully as other browsers.

document.selection should only be used for IE < 9.

Solution 2

Try document.getSelection() or window.getSelection().

Here's a quick example that I tested in chrome

http://jsfiddle.net/hgDwx/

Solution 3

Use window.getSelection() instead.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.getSelection

Solution 4

Browser support for the selection object based on IE11 and Chrome 87.04280.141

Member	IE	Chrome
document.selection	yes	no
window.selection	no	no
document.getSelection()	no	yes
window.getSelection()	no	yes

This is the easy part. The problems come when you are trying to use any methods, f.e. getRange() which exists for document.selection (IE compatible), but doesn't exist for document.getSelection(), so for Chrome you need a workaround.

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