getSelection

Returns a reference to the current RadEditorSelection object.

function getSelection()         

The RadEditorSelection object is used to provide information on the text/objects selected currently in the RadEditor Content Area.

This example below demonstrates how to pop up an alert message with the currently selected text and HTML and selection tag name:

<telerik:radeditor runat="server" ID="RadEditor1">
   <Content>
       <strong>sample content</strong>
   </Content>
</telerik:radeditor>
<input type="button" onclick="getSel();return false;" value="Get Selection" />
<script type="text/javascript">
    function getSel()
    {
        var editor = $find("<%=RadEditor1.ClientID %>");
        var selection = editor.getSelection();

        //get the selected text:
        var selectedText = selection.getText();
        //get the selected HTML:
        var selectedHTML = selection.getHtml();
        //get the currently selected HTML element
        var selElement = editor.getSelectedElement(); //or selection.getParentElement()

        alert("The selected text is: " + selectedText + ".\nThe selected HTML is: " + selectedHTML + ".\nThe selected HTML element is " + selElement.tagName + ".");
    }
</script>