JavaScript Examples Bible - UserWorks Technologies

Chapter 1 ✦ Generic HTML Element Objects (Chapter 15)
Listing 15-14: Using the parentTextEdit Property
parentTextEdit Property
P {cursor:hand}
function selectChunk() {
var chunk, range
for (var i = 0; i < document.forms[0].chunk.length; i++) {
if (document.forms[0].chunk[i].checked) {
chunk = document.forms[0].chunk[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(chunk)
range.select()
}
}
Choose how much of the paragraph is to be selected when you click anywhere in
it:
Character
Word
Sentence
.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetaur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim adminim veniam, quis
nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit involuptate velit esse cillum dolore eu
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in
culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
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elementObject.parentTextEdit