Return selected text JS (no JQuery)

Question

I need to get the selected text on a document without using JQuery. Is there a way i can like do document.selectedtext or something?

Possible duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6251937/how-to-get-selecteduser-highlighted-text-in-contenteditable-element-and-replac — Babblo, Nov 26 '13 at 13:09
First and accepted answer doesn't use jquery at all. http://stackoverflow.com/a/6252212/722135 — Babblo, Nov 26 '13 at 13:15

Isaiah Taylor · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28T15:26:46.990

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window.getSelection();

U'll need to turn it into a string after that.

edited Nov 28 '13 at 15:26

answered Nov 26 '13 at 13:09

Isaiah Taylor

It's `window.getSelection()`, not `window.getSelected()`. – Tim Down Nov 27 '13 at 09:27

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