JavaScript Reference/Javascript Properties/parentTextEdit
"parentTextEdit" Example
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Example revised from
The Web Programmer"s Desk Reference
by Lazaro Issi Cohen and Joseph Issi Cohen
ISBN: 1593270119
Publisher: No Starch Press 2004
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<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
var choose, range;
for (var i = 0; i < document.forms[0].choose.length; i++) {
if (document.forms[0].choose[i].checked) {
choose = document.forms[0].choose[i].value;
break;
}
}
var x = window.event.clientX;
var y = window.event.clientY;
if (window.event.srcElement.parentTextEdit) {
range = window.event.srcElement.parentTextEdit.createTextRange()
range.collapse();
range.moveToPoint(x, y);
range.expand(choose);
range.select();
}
}
</script>
<form>
<input type="radio" name="choose" value="character" checked>character
<input type="radio" name="choose" value="word">word
<input type="radio" name="choose" value="sentence">sentence
</form>
<p onClick="function1();"> Some text.</p>
</body>
</html>
"parentTextEdit" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> <b> |
| |<base> <basefont> |
| |<bdo> <bgsound> |
| |<big> <blockquote> |
| |<body> <br> |
| |<button> <caption> |
| |<center> <cite> |
| |<code> <col> |
| |<colgroup> <comment> |
| |<custom> <dd> |
| |<del> <dfn> |
| |<dir> <div> |
| |<dl> <dt> |
| |<em> <embed> |
| |<fieldset> <font> |
| |<form> <frame> |
| |<frameset> <head> |
| |<hn> <hr> |
| |<html> <i> |
| |<iframe> <img> |
| |<input type="button"> <input type="checkbox"> |
| |<input type="file"> <input type="hidden"> |
| |<input type="image"> <input type="password"> |
| |<input type="radio"> <input type="reset"> |
| |<input type="submit"> <input type="text"> |
| |<ins> <kbd> |
| |<label> <legend> |
| |<li> <link> |
| |<listing> <map> |
| |<marquee> <menu> |
| |<meta> <nobr> |
| |<object> <ol> |
| |<option> <p> |
| |<plaintext> <pre> |
| |<q> <s> |
| |<samp> <script> |
| |<select> <small> |
| |<span> <strike> |
| |<strong> <sub> |
| |<sup> <table> |
| |<tbody> <td> |
| |<textarea> <tfoot> |
| |<th> <thead> |
| |<title> <tr> |
| |<tt> <u> |
| |<ul> <var> |
| |<xmp> |
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"parentTextEdit" Syntax and Note
Note:
Read-only property.
Returns a reference to the element"s outermost container that
can create a text range.
Syntax:
document.all.elementID.parentTextEdit