How to de-highlight highlighted text? 1

[EwS]

How do I de-highlight highlighted text?
Thank you!

 

[EwS]

The text is selected (with .select()), rather than highlighted. I tried setting the .backgroundColor, but it didn't work.

 

[EwS]

The following removes the highlight from the field:

document.myForm.myControlName.value = document.myForm.myControlName.value;

but is there any more proper way?

 

[LFI]

EwS,

Did you ever figure out an answer to this? I want to do the same thing.

Thanks.

--Dave

 

[tsuji]

Hello LookingForInfo,

This is one way to do this. It looks better and more formal. If the scope is just a textbox, it does not much more than the .value=.value trick.
[tt]
if (document.selection) {
document.selection.empty();
}
[/tt]
regards - tsuji

 

[LFI]

tsuji,

My situation is that I have a table filled with many columns. The left-most column is a checkbox, but I set it up so a user can click on any cell in the row to check/uncheck the associated checkbox.

Per request, I set it up so that holding the shift key down when clicking on the cell will check the associated checkbox AND any checkbox above it. This works, but had the unfortunate side effect of highlighting text on the page. The .value=.value trick couldn't work then...

...but your suggestion DOES!

Thank you!

--Dave

 

[tsuji]

Dave,LookingForInfo:

Thanks for the vote and the description of your unique problem to solve. I take note of that use. Much appreciated.

- tsuji