getSelection() not working for in IE</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2011-03-28T12:17:50.657" class="fromnow">Mar 28 '11 at 12:17</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2011-03-28T13:04:16.150" datetime="2011-03-28T13:04:16.150">Mar 28 '11 at 13:04</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 2,223 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 2,223 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="5458861" data-ownerid="1702789" data-score="1"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="5458861"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="1">1</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value="0">0</div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>Leading on from my <a href="../../questions/5421892/getselection-not-working-in-ie">other question</a>, which was <a href="../../questions/5421892/getselection-not-working-in-ie#answer-5424222">answered</a> by <a href="../../users/532870/elian-ebbing">Elian Ebbing</a>. I now need to get this working for an iframe (dont ask).</p> <p>It's basically a wisiwig editor that uses an iframe.</p> <p>I've coded up the test environment on <a class="external-link" href="http://jsfiddle.net/HMRMv/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">jsfiddle</a>.</p> <p>Code is as follows:</p> <p><strong>CSS:</strong></p> <pre><code>h1{font-size:150%; border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; margin:20px auto 10px;} </code></pre> <p><strong>HTML:</strong></p> <pre><code><h1>Normal Text (works)</h1> <p>Alex Thomas</p> <button id="click">Click</button> <h1>iFrame</h1> <p>Type in some text:</p> <iframe id="iframe"></iframe> <br /><button id="iClick">Click</button> </code></pre> <p><strong>jQuery</strong></p> <pre><code>(document).ready(function() { setTimeout(makeEdit,10); }); $('#click').click(function(){ var range = document.selection.createRange(); range.pasteHTML("<span style='color: red'>" + range.htmlText + "</span>"); }); $('#iClick').click(function(){ var range = document.selection.createRange(); range.pasteHTML("<span style='color: red'>" + range.htmlText + "</span>"); }); function makeEdit(){ document.getElementById("iframe").contentWindow. document.designMode="on"; }; </code></pre> <p>I really hope someone can help me out... 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range.pasteHTML("<span style='color: red'>" + range.htmlText + "</span>"); } $('#click').click(makeIframeSelectionRed); $('#iClick').click(makeIframeSelectionRed); </code></pre></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Mar 28 '11 at 13:04">answered Mar 28 '11 at 13:04</time> <a href="../../users/96100/tim-down" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/96100.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Tim Down" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/96100/tim-down" class="s-user-card--link">Tim Down</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">318,141</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="75 gold badges">75</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="454 silver badges">454</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="536 bronze badges">536</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-5459376" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="5459376" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-6188048" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="6188048" data-comment-owner-id="1702789" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment6188048_5459376"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Thanks for your answer Tim, any chance you could add it to my [jsfiddle example](http://jsfiddle.net/HMRMv/). I cant seem to get it to work. Thanks</span> – <a href="../../users/1702789/alex" title="8,875 reputation" class="comment-user owner">Alex</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/5458861/getselection-not-working-for-iframe-in-ie#comment6188048_5459376"><span title="2011-03-28T13:52:39.297 License: CC BY-SA 2.5" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 28 '11 at 13:52</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>