Check if an input item text is already selected?

Question

I have text input item and using select() I can highlight the text inside it, however sometimes the text is already selected for a valid reasons and when I run select(), it deselects it I think, is it possible to check if the input item is selected ?

Answer 1

You can check for a selection using http://www.codetoad.com/javascript_get_selected_text.asp.

You will have to check if the selection is in your input item.

var selecttxt = '';
if (window.getSelection) {
    selecttxt = window.getSelection();
} else if (document.getSelection) {
    selecttxt = document.getSelection();
} else if (document.selection) {
    selecttxt = document.selection.createRange().text;
}

var textofinput = [...]; // put code to find text in input here

if (textofinput.indexOf(selecttxt) !== -1) {
    // part of the text in the input is selected
    alert('Conditions met!');
}