Question

is there any way to get highlighted or selected text data from a user using php or javascript? I am building a text editor and need to use a callback function to bold/highlight/underline/etc selected text. thanks!

Answer 1

for <textarea>:

txtarea.textLength;
txtarea.selectionStart;
txtarea.selectionEnd;

for elements like <div> etc. check this tutorial http://www.webreference.com/js/column12/crossbrowser.html

you may like to check this powerful and simple javascript text editor – TinyCME