Top "Textselection" questions

In User Interface Design, text selection is the method of handpicking a portion of text, most commonly for the purpose of copying/cutting/pasting.

Can I select a specific block of text in a UITextField?

I have a UITextField in my iPhone app. I know how to make the text field select all of its …

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Coordinates of selected text in browser page

I need the coordinates in pixels of the beginning of the text selection (anywhere on the page, not in a …

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Can you set and/or change the user’s text selection in JavaScript?

In JavaScript, there are various methods for accessing the user’s text selection, and creating text selections (or ranges) — see …

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Set cursor to specific position on specific line in a textarea

I am trying to somewhat duplicate the "autocorrect" functionality seen in programs like Microsoft Office's Outlook. For starters, anytime a …

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Android- How can I show text selection on textview?

I am implementing a epub reading app where I am using textview for showing text of epub. I want to …

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Why is .disableSelection() deprecated?

.disableSelection in JQueryUI 1.9 is deprecated. The only explanation I can find is, literally, "Disabling text selection is bad. Don't use …

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How can I block select in Geany?

I often need to select a block of text, like a leading character that occurs on many lines. LibreOffice has …

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Using SHIFT+Arrows to select text in vim / MacVim

One of the nicer features in MacVim is that it is possible to use the usual OS commands for copying …

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jqueryUI Sortable: handling .disableSelection() on form inputs

example: i have an un-ordered list containing a bunch of form inputs. after making the ul .sortable(), I call .disableSelection() …

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Return HTML from a user-selected text

I have the following, very simple html page: <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> …

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