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Created March 4, 2013 17:03
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gistfile1.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Selecting text via API</title>
</head>
<body>
<div><span id="s1">ABCDEFGHI</span><span id="s2">12345</span></div>
<script>
var span = document.getElementById("s1");
var text = span.childNodes[0];
var r = document.createRange();
r.setStart(text, 2);
r.setEnd(text, 6);
window.getSelection().addRange(r);
</script>
</body>
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