how to apply javascript to selected text of a textarea?

Question

I want to apply some changes to the selected text of a text area only.

I want to select a certain portion of a text written in the text area and want to make some changes on it by javascript.

Thanks

I think the answer to this question might help you: [how-to-get-selected-text-from-textbox][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/275761/how-to-get-selected-text-from-textbox-control-with-javascript — wasimbhalli, Sep 07 '11 at 12:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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I think the answer to this question might help you:

It shows you selection of the text and you can use javascript to process it.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

Community

answered Sep 07 '11 at 12:47

wasimbhalli

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '11 at 12:54

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document.selection.createRange().text = "NEW TEXT";

answered Sep 07 '11 at 12:54

Travesty3

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