document.selection in Javascript

Question

I need to know what is the use of following code:

var obj=document.selection.createRange();
obj.moveStart('character', count);

From what I understand, obj will have the selected text.

What is moveStart is used for..?

As you've probably realised, this code is IE specific and will not work in other browsers. — Tim Down
– Tim Down, Commented Sep 14, 2009 at 9:31

KiNgMaR · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-14 06:38:00Z

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According to MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536623%28VS.85%29.aspx), that call moves the start of the selection by count characters to the right.

Obj will not be a string by the way, it'll be a TextRange object instance: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535872%28VS.85%29.aspx#

answered Sep 14, 2009 at 6:38

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