startposition of selected text ???

[Moonrider]

function sel_text()
{
var selectedHTML = document.selection.createRange().htmlText;
alert(document.selection.createRange().selectionstart);
var allHTML = document.all.FirstCol.innerHTML;
var LinksZahl = allHTML.indexOf(selectedHTML, document.selstart);
var Links = allHTML.substr(0,LinksZahl);
var Rechts = allHTML.substr(LinksZahl + selectedHTML.length, allHTML.length);
var Gesamt = Links + &quot; <span style='background-color:yellow'>&quot; + selectedHTML + &quot;</span> &quot; + Rechts;
document.all.FirstCol.innerHTML = Gesamt;
}

Hi !
I wrote this function in JavaScript
as far as I know it only works in IE
that doesnt matter to me because it's
supposed just to run on my intranet.
Here my question:
When I select for instance the word &quot;deployment&quot;
in my browser
and it is the second time in the text
its just the first &quot;deployment&quot; that will be
marked in yellow color.
I know indexof works also with a startposition
but I dont know how to find out where my selected
text starts.

FirstCol is the id of a tablecell
and so far it works perfect just with that
little problem

Thanks for your help
Moonrider

 

[Moonrider]

the 2nd line
&quot;alert(document.selection.createRange().selectionstart);
&quot;
of the function doesn't work
I forgot to remove it

 

[Lrnmore]

Moonrider,

This script includes a alt-s that repeats the search
maybe it will give you a solution.

http://devscripts.com/visit.php?sId=1976

2b||!2b

 

[Moonrider]

I didn't try yet !!!

But anyway : THANK YOU VERY MUCH

as soon as my script runs I will post it