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Check checkbox checked property using jQuery

Can anyone let me know how to check the value is selected in the html textbox using jquery. For example the value in the textbox if selected the text is slected with blue background.

Answer 1

See this : http://jsfiddle.net/rT5vR/

var t = '';
if(window.getSelection) {
    t = window.getSelection();
} else if(document.getSelection) {
    t = document.getSelection();
} else if(document.selection) {
    t = document.selection.createRange().text;
}
return t;
}

$("#myElement").select(function(eventObject) {
alert(getSelected().toString());
});

​Or

$('#myElement').select(function(e) {
var start = e.target.selectionStart;
var end = e.target.selectionEnd;
alert($('#myElement').val().substring(start, end));
});

​

The second one is perfect. Don’t know how much cross-browser the first one is…
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