Format Highlighted text in an edit box

[CodeDependent]

I need to find a way to allow a user to selcet sentences within a multiedit box. The user can click on buttons which would format the highlighted text. Example, clicking on the BOLD buttom would enter opening and closing tags around the highlighted text. Can anyone give me any pointers on how to do this?? How can I determine what was selected in the edit box???

 

[rycamor]

Check out GetSelection() at

http://developer.netscape.com

Javascript documentation. (The site is down right now so I can't go there).

See thread216-30035 -

For your need, it should be a simple matter to take the selected text and wrap HTML tags around it. If you have any trouble, let us know.