[Bug 29467] jquery.byteLimit.js should use the length of the current selection instead of the current value

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29467 Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC|

[Bug 29467] jquery.byteLimit.js should use the length of the current selection instead of the current value

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29467 --- Comment #4 from Brion Vibber br...@wikimedia.org 2011-06-18 17:59:08 UTC --- Also need to take into account that text may come from paste operations rather than keypresses. -- Configure bugmail:

[Bug 29467] jquery.byteLimit.js should use the length of the current selection instead of the current value

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29467 --- Comment #1 from mybugs.m...@gmail.com 2011-06-18 01:46:30 UTC --- It seems that each browser has its own way to get the selected text, so this may be useful: http://www.codetoad.com/javascript_get_selected_text.asp -- Configure bugmail:

[Bug 29467] jquery.byteLimit.js should use the length of the current selection instead of the current value

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29467 --- Comment #2 from mybugs.m...@gmail.com 2011-06-18 01:52:02 UTC --- Or we could add a module with a jQuery plugin for that. E.g.: https://github.com/localhost/jquery-fieldselection/blob/master/jquery-fieldselection.js -- Configure bugmail: