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[Geat]

How do I determine if there is text selected in a text area, and where that text starts and finishes?

I'm creating an online content editor, and I want to shove various tags around the selected text in the content text area...

[Nevermore]

You cant - you can only determine whether there is any text selected.

[pyro]

These links to some of Dave Clark's project's might help you out

http://www.daveclarkconsulting.com/research/insert_at_caret.html
http://www.daveclarkconsulting.com/research/edit_textarea.html