I am attempting to write a context menu that will apply tags to selected text.
I have the whole menu structure thing down, and based on some coding observations, this should work, it’s very proof of context now, but it does not.
I have this function:
function getSel() // javascript
{
// obtain the object reference for the textarea>
var txtarea = document.getElementById("mytextarea");
// obtain the index of the first selected character
var start = txtarea.selectionStart;
// obtain the index of the last selected character
var finish = txtarea.selectionEnd;
//obtain all Text
var allText = txtarea.value;
// obtain the selected text
var sel = allText.substring(start, finish);
//append the text;
var newText=allText.substring(0, start)+"[b]"+sel+"[/b]"+allText.substring(finish, allText.length);
txtarea.value=newText;
// do something with the selected content
}
This should apply the and tags to the selected text.
It is invoked by this menu selection: (other test menu functions omitted)
browser.menus.onClicked.addListener((info, tab) => {
switch (info.menuItemId) {
.
.
.
case "bbCode_Bold":
getSel();
break;
Why is this not tagging the selected text?