getSelection IE7 = is null or not an object

Hello

Im having a real isuue with IE7 and get selection. When i try to extract the selected text from the editor i receive the error "getSelection is null or not an object". the annoying thing is it works great in i87, firefox, chrome & safari :roll: .

var editor_name = 'email_ckeditor';

$('.insert-url').click( function () {
      
         if (CKEDITOR.env.ie) {
            text_selection = CKEDITOR.instances[editor_name].getSelection().document.$.selection.createRange().text;
         } else {
            text_selection  = CKEDITOR.instances[editor_name].getSelection().getNative();
         };

alert("Text selection = "+text_selection);

});

Fri, 07/09/2010 - 16:22

thinkap

Joined: 08/07/2010

Posts: 8

Re: getSelection IE7 = is null or not an object

problem sorted ---

The problem with IE is that it doesn't preserve the selection on different frames. So, in the exact moment you click the link, the selection is lost in the editor.

The solution for it, fortunately, is quite simple. It's enough to add unselectable="on" to you <a> element, so it'll not grab the selection when clicking on it.

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 15:34

nishantvarma

Joined: 09/01/2012

Posts: 21

Re: getSelection IE7 = is null or not an object

Can you please let me know what is the <a> element you are refering to ?
I have some 8 editors and I use an API like
CKEDITOR.instances[form_element.name].getData()) over a loop to extract the data .