Q356 Can I grab the selected text from a page?

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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2"><!--
if (document.layers) {
    document.write('<FORM NAME="myform">');
    document.write('<TEXTAREA NAME="mytext" ROWS="10" COLS="30" WRAP="VIRTUAL"><\/TEXTAREA>');
    document.write('<P><INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Copy" onClick="document.myform.mytext.value = document.getSelection()">');
    document.write('<\/FORM>');
}
//--></SCRIPT>

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
function getext() {
  var t = document.selection.createRange();
  var vt = t.text;
  alert(vt);
  document.form.text.value = vt;
} 
//--></script>

<!--Then in the body of your page-->

<form name="form" method="post" action="">
  <textarea name="text"></textarea>
  <INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Select Text" onClick="getext()">
</form> 

<P>Some text to play with</p>