"window.open" from selection WITH formatting

[melvynm@gmail.com]

Currently I'm trying to make a plugin for my browser (Maxthon/IE6)
which allows me to select any text on the current page and press the
plugin button to create a new tab with the selection.

This will do the job:
<script language="JavaS cript">
javascript:r4NS y3m=document.se lection.createR ange();oDgs2Ke= r4NSy3m.text;dT 30FfN=new
Date();wdGs8c6= window.open('', 'w'+dT30FfN.get Time(),'');wdGs 8c6.document.wr ite(oDgs2Ke);
void(wdGs8c6.do cument.close())
</script>

Unfortunately, I want to retain the layout of the text and the above
code strips it out.
The code on http://www.webreference.com/js/colum...ssbrowser.html
seems to do precisely what I want but it displays the current selection
in a box on the page. I'm not interested in using 'onmouseup' as I want
to decide when the page should open.

Can someone please show me how to make the webreference example work in
a new page on demand.

[Martin Honnen]

Re: &quot;window.op en&quot; from selection WITH formatting



melvynm@gmail.c om wrote:
[color=blue]
> Currently I'm trying to make a plugin for my browser (Maxthon/IE6)
> which allows me to select any text on the current page and press the
> plugin button to create a new tab with the selection.
>
> This will do the job:
> <script language="JavaS cript">
> javascript:r4NS y3m=document.se lection.createR ange();oDgs2Ke= r4NSy3m.text;dT 30FfN=new
> Date();wdGs8c6= window.open('', 'w'+dT30FfN.get Time(),'');wdGs 8c6.document.wr ite(oDgs2Ke);
> void(wdGs8c6.do cument.close())
> </script>
>
> Unfortunately, I want to retain the layout of the text and the above
> code strips it out.[/color]

var range = document.select ion.createRange ();
var html = range.htmlText;
var win = window.open('', 'w' + new Date().getTime( ));
win.document.op en();
win.document.wr ite(html);
win.document.cl ose();
void 0

is probably what you are after, put on one line in a javascript:
bookmark of course.

--

Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[melvynm@gmail.com]

Re: &quot;window.op en&quot; from selection WITH formatting

Beautiful - thank you so much.