Retrieve parent node from selection (range) in Gecko and Webkit

Question

I am trying to add an attribute when using a wysiwyg editor that uses \"createLink\" command. I thought it would be trivial to get back the node that is created after the browse

Answer 1

This is the code I've used to get the "parentNode" of the text cursor:

var getSelectedNode = function() {
    var node,selection;
    if (window.getSelection) {
      selection = getSelection();
      node = selection.anchorNode;
    }
    if (!node && document.selection) {
        selection = document.selection
        var range = selection.getRangeAt ? selection.getRangeAt(0) : selection.createRange();
        node = range.commonAncestorContainer ? range.commonAncestorContainer :
               range.parentElement ? range.parentElement() : range.item(0);
    }
    if (node) {
      return (node.nodeName == "#text" ? node.parentNode : node);
    }
};

I tweaked my IE method to approximate yours. Tested and working IE8, FF3.6, Safari4, Chrome5. I set up a jsbin preview that you can test with.