range.startContainer - problem in FF

[genaweb]

sorry for my english if it is incorrect, because i'm from russia...

thats my problem:

i get the Selection from iframe (designmode is in ON) by:
var selection = editor_window.getSelection();

then i get Range by
range = selection.getRangeAt(0);

after that i write
start = range.startContainer;

and try to debug the start value by
alert(start.nodeValue);

and it shows the text that is before selection. but not selected text.
i debugged the selection by alert and it contents correctly selected text.

In Opera start variable contents correctly selected text.

why does FF work like this?

 

[feherke]

Hi

I do not really understand what you want or not want.

But are you sure you want the whole [tt]nodeValue[/tt] of the [tt]startContainer[/tt] and not only the part starting at [tt]startOffset[/tt] ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[genaweb]

my real problem is in difference of working this code in Opera and FF.

Opera shows me startOffset as 0, but FF shows it as count of symbols BEFORE SELECTION... And so startContainer contents symbols befor selection. But Opera works correct...

 

[feherke]

Hi

[tt]startContainer[/tt] points to the element in which the selection starts. If you take an element's content, you will get the element's content, not a part of the element's content. I would say, Mozillas are doing it correctly.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/