I am trying to identify whether a selected text (in Firefox) is bold or not? For e.g.:
<p>Some <b>text is typed</b> here</p>
<p>Some <span style="font-weight: bold">more text is typed</span> here</p>
The user can either select a part of bold text, or the full bold text. Here is what I am trying to do:
function isSelectedBold(){
var r = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);
// then what?
}
Could you please help me?
Thanks
Srikanth
If the selection is within an editable element or document, this is simple:
function selectionIsBold() {
var isBold = false;
if (document.queryCommandState) {
isBold = document.queryCommandState("bold");
}
return isBold;
}
Otherwise, it's a little trickier: in non-IE browsers, you'll have to temporarily make the document editable:
function selectionIsBold() {
var range, isBold = false;
if (window.getSelection) {
var sel = window.getSelection();
if (sel && sel.getRangeAt && sel.rangeCount) {
range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
document.designMode = "on";
sel.removeAllRanges();
sel.addRange(range);
}
}
if (document.queryCommandState) {
isBold = document.queryCommandState("bold");
}
if (document.designMode == "on") {
document.designMode = "off";
}
return isBold;
}