How can create a Selection in the browser in JavaScript?

Asked Jan 26 '21 at 09:56

Active Jun 11 '21 at 00:15

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The Selection API allows me to get the current selection with window.getSelection() and edit the selection with

selection.modify('extend', 'backward', 'character');

to, for example, go back a character.

But how can I actually select text with the selection API?

edited Jun 11 '21 at 00:15

d4nyll

asked Jan 26 '21 at 09:56

mikemaccana

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I find [some](https://www.google.com/search?q=javascript+set+text+selection+site%3Astackoverflow.com) – mplungjan Jan 26 '21 at 10:03
@mplungjan that's not a full sentence but yes I see what you mean - I'll close my question. – mikemaccana Jan 26 '21 at 10:09
Yeah, could not bring myself to hammer close – mplungjan Jan 26 '21 at 10:10
The accepted answer to the linked question above has a pure JavaScript solution. – d4nyll Jun 11 '21 at 00:22

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