How to get selected text from a text area in jquery?

Question

If i select a text from a text area i need to know which text is selected, for example "hello world" if i select hello i would like to see hello is selected how can i do this in jquery. and i want to make it bold.

<textarea id="editor" cols="80" rows="20">
   Hello world, This is Me!
</textarea> 
<button onclick="SelectText()">
  Bold
</button>

found this perhaps it will help [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7186586/how-to-get-the-selected-text-in-textarea-using-jquery-in-internet-explorer-7] — Kenneth Garza, Apr 16 '13 at 12:13
Check this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5379120/jquery-get-the-highlighted-text — metalfight - user868766, Apr 16 '13 at 12:15
`i want to make it bold`. You can't apply styles in textarea content. — SachinGutte, Apr 16 '13 at 12:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '14 at 11:43

About to make the selected content as bold, you can't do that directly in the textarea but you can do that using editable divs. This plugin could help you: http://mistic100.github.io/jquery-highlighttextarea/

About your comment: "How can i get the all text from a div excluding html tags?" you can use something like this: jQuery('.yourDiv').text();

How to get selected text from a text area in jquery?

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