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function getSelectedText() {
if (window.getSelection) {
// This technique is the most likely to be standardized.
// getSelection() returns a Selection object, which we do not document.
return window.getSelection().toString();
}
else if (document.getSelection) {
// This is an older, simpler technique that returns a string
return document.getSelection();
}
else if (document.selection) {
// This is the IE-specific technique.
// We do not document the IE selection property or TextRange objects.
return document.selection.createRange().text;
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<a href="javascript:
var q = getSelectedText();
void window.open('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/' + q, config='height=100,
width=400');
">
Look Up Selected Text In Wikipedia
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<a href="javascript:
var q = getSelectedText();
void window.open('http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=' + q);
">
Search Selected Text In Google
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<a href="javascript:
var q = getSelectedText();
void window.open('http://www.thefreedictionary.com/' + q);
">
Look up meaning in the Dictionary
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Interesting words off the top of my head </br>
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</br>Uganda
</br>Kampala
</br>Mountain Gorilla
</br>DMX
</br>The Great Depression
</br>tree
</br>C++
</br>Clinton
</br>Garnet
</br>Celtics
</br>Cape Cod
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