I have the following javascript code that executes when a custom toolbar button is clicked:

In Firefox, this works the way I expected - the selected text in the editor becomes a hyperlink. However, in IE (specifically IE7), the selected text is replaced by "[object]" which becomes the hyperlink.

 

Using Firebug to step through the code I see that the GetSelection() function does not just return a string but a javascript object. So my ultimate question is how do I use javascript to get access to just the selected text in IE.

 

Thank you,

Richard

Richard,

 

In IE, selection is an object. Please use the following code to extract HTML code from selection object.

 

    var editor1 = document.getElementById('<%=Editor1.ClientID%>');
    var editselection=editor1.GetSelection();  
    var r= editselection.createRange();

    alert(r.htmlText); // get a selected HTML text

Thanks.

 

Richard