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June 19, 2014 20:20
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Gets the closest word backwards from the cursor position within a text node.
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| getWordFromSelection: (e) -> | |
| selection = document.getSelection() | |
| word = [] | |
| text = selection.anchorNode?.wholeText || ' ' | |
| wordArr = text.split('') | |
| anchorPos = selection.anchorOffset - 1 | |
| anchorPos = 0 if anchorPos < 0 | |
| for index in [anchorPos..0] | |
| letter = wordArr[index] | |
| if letter.match(/\s/) | |
| break | |
| else word.unshift(letter) | |
| word.join('') |
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