30-seconds-of-code/javascript/snippets/get-selected-text.md

title, type, tags, author, cover, dateModified

title	type	tags	author	cover	dateModified
Get selected text	snippet	browser	chalarangelo	white-tablet-2	2020-10-19T22:49:51+03:00

Gets the currently selected text.

• Use Window.getSelection() and Selection.toString() to get the currently selected text.

const getSelectedText = () => window.getSelection().toString();

getSelectedText(); // 'Lorem ipsum'