How to get the Selected Text form a Browser.

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can anyone tell me how to get the Selected text form any

Browsers ( IE, Fire Fox etc ) in c#. Please help me.

Thanks

Posted 22-Dec-10 23:17pm

attiq_khan

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Al-Farooque Shubho · Answer 1 · 2010-12-22T23:33:00

It is not possible to get the Selected value in the CodeBehind file at Server. But, it is possible to get the selected text (By Mouse or KeyBoard) by JavaScript. If you need to get the selected value in CodeBehind file, you can set the selected text into a hidden field (Using Javascript) and this will let you get the value when the form is submitted (Or, Posted back) to Server.

You will get a few JQuery plugin for getting the Selected text if you Google. This http://perplexed.co.uk/1020_text_selector_jquery_plugin.htm[^] might help you.

attiq_khan · Answer 2 · 2010-12-22T23:42:00

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No , I want to do it in c# only.

Posted 22-Dec-10 23:42pm

attiq_khan

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Al-Farooque Shubho 23-Dec-10 5:47am

Sorry dude, not possible. Browser simply doesn't send any necessary information (Regarding the selected text) with the Http Request. You need to get that using JavaScript only.

thatraja 23-Dec-10 6:22am

@attiq_khan: why man? he gave you good answer. any particular reason for you want to do using c# instead of javascript?

attiq_khan 23-Dec-10 6:24am

i am going to make a application in c# that Capture a Selected Text from any Website.