This method functions identically to the Window.getSelection() method; it returns a Selection object representing the text currently selected in the document.
Document.getSelection()
See also
- Document Object Model
Document- Properties
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- Methods
adoptNode()append()caretPositionFromPoint()caretRangeFromPoint()clear()close()createAttribute()createCDATASection()createComment()createDocumentFragment()createElement()createElementNS()createEntityReference()createEvent()createExpression()createNodeIterator()createNSResolver()createProcessingInstruction()createRange()createTextNode()createTouch()createTouchList()createTreeWalker()elementFromPoint()enableStyleSheetsForSet()evaluate()execCommand()exitFullscreen()exitPointerLock()getAnimations()getBoxObjectFor()getElementById()getElementsByClassName()getElementsByName()getElementsByTagName()getElementsByTagNameNS()getSelection()hasFocus()importNode()loadOverlay()mozSetImageElement()open()prepend()queryCommandEnabled()queryCommandSupported()querySelector()querySelectorAll()querySelectorAll()registerElement()releaseCapture()write()writeln()
- Inheritance:
- Related pages for DOM
AttrByteStringCDATASectionCSSPrimitiveValueCSSValueCSSValueListCharacterDataChildNodeCommentCustomEventDOMConfigurationDOMErrorDOMErrorHandlerDOMExceptionDOMImplementationDOMImplementationListDOMImplementationRegistryDOMImplementationSourceDOMLocatorDOMObjectDOMParserDOMPointDOMRectDOMStringDOMTimeStampDOMTokenListDOMUserDataDocumentFragmentDocumentTypeElementElementTraversalEntityEntityReferenceEventEventTargetHTMLCollectionMutationObserverNodeNodeFilterNodeIteratorNodeListNonDocumentTypeChildNodeProcessingInstructionPromiseResolverRangeTextTextDecoderTextEncoderTimeRangesTreeWalkerTypeInfoUSVStringUserDataHandlerXMLDocument