Last modified: 2012-11-06 07:07:28 UTC
When you selected text then click "edit this page", the editing textbox should highlight the text you selected to draw your eye to it. See also related idea: bug 9366.
I'm going to dupe this to 9366 since it's exactly the same thing. (Double-clicking a word selects it in browsers.) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 9366 ***
I am referring to a different situation: when you highlight a whole sentence or a whole song name with the mouse, then click "Edit this Page" at top of page. I know such a feature wouldn't be very discoverable, but I am still requesting it; I'd find it handy. So, reopening. :-)
See bug 9366 comment 4.
Is it even possible to tell what is selected when the edit link is pressed?
(In reply to comment #4) > Is it even possible to tell what is selected when the edit link is pressed? With modernish browsers... it *should* be: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Selection http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/editing/raw-file/tip/editing.html#selections http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#ranges http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535872%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
