I've been calling execCommand on the document to make the selected text bold or to set its color. But recently I need to use execCommand on a certain range and not the selected text.
Can I do this and if so how?
I've been calling execCommand on the document to make the selected text bold or to set its color. But recently I need to use execCommand on a certain range and not the selected text.
Can I do this and if so how?
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Reset to default 8You can, but it needs to be the selection. So in other words, do the following:
- Store the current selection
- Make a new selection based on the
Range - Perform the
execCommand - Restore the previous selection
You can create a selection from ranges (non-IE browsers) with the following:
var selection = window.getSelection();
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
With IE, you can directly execute execCommand on TextRange objects, so this whole process won't be necessary.