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19 lines
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title: Get selected text
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tags: browser,beginner
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firstSeen: 2020-08-07T15:34:53+03:00
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lastUpdated: 2020-10-19T22:49:51+03:00
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---
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Gets the currently selected text.
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- Use `Window.getSelection()` and `Selection.toString()` to get the currently selected text.
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```js
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const getSelectedText = () => window.getSelection().toString();
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```
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```js
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getSelectedText(); // 'Lorem ipsum'
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```
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