Get selected text

[TheReveller]

Hello,

Is there a way to know what's the currently selected text ?

Thanks.

[Authenticity]

heh, where? like when double clicking or selecting text with the mouse?

You can use AdlibEnable function to call some function that will use Send("^c") and use ClipGet, restore the clipboard with ClipSet or something...

[TheReveller]

I want to show a tooltip when you select a number in any application.

I wish I wouldn't have to tweak it by using the clipboard... That's buggy if you keep doing Ctrl-C while running applications.

In Javascript web programming, you can get the selected text so I guess there should be a way to know what's the selected text in any application by Windows.

Edited April 2, 2009 by TheReveller

[Hawkwing]

This should work.

HotKeySet ("^{F1}", "gettext")

Local $clipboard

While 1
WEnd


Func gettext ()
    $clipboard = ClipGet ()
    Send ("^c")
    ToolTip (ClipGet ())
    Sleep (5000)
    ToolTip ("")
    ClipPut ($clipboard)
EndFunc

[TheReveller]

Isn't there something to do like this which doesn't need to send the copy to clipboard action :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163434

Sub GetSelectedText()

      On Error Resume Next
      Err.Clear

      Dim oText As TextRange

      ' Get an object reference to the selected text range.
      Set oText = Activewindow.Selection.TextRange

      ' Check to see whether error occurred when getting text object
      ' reference.
      If Err.Number <> 0 Then

         MsgBox "Invalid Selection. Please highlight some text " _
            & "or select a text frame and run the macro again.", _
            vbExclamation
         End

      End If

      ' Display the selected text in a message box.
      If oText.Text = "" Then
         MsgBox "No Text Selected.", vbInformation
      Else
         MsgBox oText.Text, vbInformation
      End If

   End Sub

The info about the currently selected text can be retrieved, so can AutoIt also retrieve it ?

Thanks.

[TheReveller]

Example with IE :

#include<IE.au3>

Global $oText, $oIE

$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92459")

While 1
    $oText = $oIE.document.selection.createrange.text
    ToolTip($oText, Default, Default, Default, Default, 4)
WEnd

Is there a way to get the ActiveWindow object so I could use VBA directly ?

Thanks,

TheReveller

[MAS]

hello

if you want the selected text in edit control

you can use these functions to process on selection

_GUICtrlEdit_GetSel

_GUICtrlEdit_SetSel

_GUICtrlEdit_ReplaceSel

you can find more info on the help file

Good luck

Edited March 22, 2012 by MAS

[PhoenixXL]

Hey TheReveller you can use _WinAPI_GetActiveWindow() to get the active window and then use the VBA

[hiepxuan2008]

continue discuss, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163434

Edited May 29, 2013 by hiepxuan2008

[guinness]

A bit late to the party, don't you think hiepxuan2008?

Please refrain from unnecessarily necroing old threads if you can. Thanks.