javascript, help please IE vs. Netscape

[brynjan]

Does anyone have the solution on this problem?
it is soposed to be <b> tags around a marked selection in a textfield but it won't work in Netscape 4.7
but in explorer.

<FORM NAME=&quot;myForm&quot;>
<TEXTAREA NAME=&quot;myArea&quot; COLS=&quot;40&quot; ROWS=&quot;4&quot;></TEXTAREA>
<input type=button value=&quot;fet stil&quot; onclick=&quot;fet()&quot;>
</FORM>

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
function fet()
{
if (document.getSelection)
{
sel=document.getSelection //netskräp
}

else if (document.selection)
{
sel=document.selection //exploder
}
else
{
// annan browser
}

range=sel.createRange()
thetext=range.text
if (thetext.length)
{
range.text=&quot;<b>&quot;+thetext+&quot;</b>&quot;
}

}
</script>

 

[baad]

looks like netscrap doesn't support textRange object (for me, at least..) so, sel.createRange() won't work.. Victor

 

[rycamor]

No, Netscape 4.x has a completely different method of dealing with text in a form field, called &quot;getSelection()&quot;. It's actually simpler to use, although it is a little less powerful that the textrange functions.

See

http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/document.htm#1195981