Re: [ace] Get selected text from ace editor

[Harutyun Amirjanyan]

use
editor.session.getTextRange(editor.getSelectionRange())
or
editor.getCopyText()

When multiple ranges are selected getCopyText returns text in all
ranges joined with \n, first method will return only text in last
added range.

Also it may be worth to add
editor.getSelectedText = function() {
this.session.getTextRange(this.getSelectionRange())
}
to editor since this is often needed

[Steve Ottoz]

Thanks. 

That's exactly what I needed.

Only had to add the "return" to make the function work.

editor.getSelectedText = function() { 
    return this.session.getTextRange(this.getSelectionRange());
}

Steve

[Tom Doan]

You should also be able to do this: editor.getSelection();

Source: http://ace.c9.io/#nav=api&api=editor

[Harutyun Amirjanyan]

@Tom editor.getSelection(); returns editor.selection object and cannot be used to get the text

there is editor.getSelectedText() method which returns selected text or in case of multiple selection ranges text in all ranges joined with newlines

[Tom Doan]

@Harutyun Amirjanyan I'm confused because the API reference states:

getSelection() ->  String

So doesn't this mean it returns a string?

[Harutyun Amirjanyan]

> So doesn't this mean it returns a string?

that's a bug in api documentation.
thanks for reporting