Angular HostListener on click remove text selection










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I'm struggling to understand why text selection (using mouse) got deleted automatically on HostListener click.



I built a very basic directive to detect if user click on a link in a paragraph and add some logic to it. However, it stops user from selecting a text (copy/paste) as it automatically deselect the text.



Any thoughts?



@HostListener('click', ['$event'])
public onClick(event: any)
if (event.view.getSelection().type !== 'Range')
alert('you clicked');
else
alert('U selected text');
return;


}









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  • What happens if you ctrl + click vs just clicking? It sounds like it is your browser deselecting your text and selecting the link. You may have to save the text in a variable if you want to access it when you click something else.

    – rhavelka
    Nov 14 '18 at 22:51











  • click & ctrl+click are both fine as it is fired click event normally. However, only when you use mouse to select the text on element binded to above attribute directive which somehow Angular de-select the text.

    – Hung Bui
    Nov 15 '18 at 9:11















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I'm struggling to understand why text selection (using mouse) got deleted automatically on HostListener click.



I built a very basic directive to detect if user click on a link in a paragraph and add some logic to it. However, it stops user from selecting a text (copy/paste) as it automatically deselect the text.



Any thoughts?



@HostListener('click', ['$event'])
public onClick(event: any)
if (event.view.getSelection().type !== 'Range')
alert('you clicked');
else
alert('U selected text');
return;


}









share|improve this question
























  • What happens if you ctrl + click vs just clicking? It sounds like it is your browser deselecting your text and selecting the link. You may have to save the text in a variable if you want to access it when you click something else.

    – rhavelka
    Nov 14 '18 at 22:51











  • click & ctrl+click are both fine as it is fired click event normally. However, only when you use mouse to select the text on element binded to above attribute directive which somehow Angular de-select the text.

    – Hung Bui
    Nov 15 '18 at 9:11













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I'm struggling to understand why text selection (using mouse) got deleted automatically on HostListener click.



I built a very basic directive to detect if user click on a link in a paragraph and add some logic to it. However, it stops user from selecting a text (copy/paste) as it automatically deselect the text.



Any thoughts?



@HostListener('click', ['$event'])
public onClick(event: any)
if (event.view.getSelection().type !== 'Range')
alert('you clicked');
else
alert('U selected text');
return;


}









share|improve this question
















I'm struggling to understand why text selection (using mouse) got deleted automatically on HostListener click.



I built a very basic directive to detect if user click on a link in a paragraph and add some logic to it. However, it stops user from selecting a text (copy/paste) as it automatically deselect the text.



Any thoughts?



@HostListener('click', ['$event'])
public onClick(event: any)
if (event.view.getSelection().type !== 'Range')
alert('you clicked');
else
alert('U selected text');
return;


}






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edited Nov 15 '18 at 8:35









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  • What happens if you ctrl + click vs just clicking? It sounds like it is your browser deselecting your text and selecting the link. You may have to save the text in a variable if you want to access it when you click something else.

    – rhavelka
    Nov 14 '18 at 22:51











  • click & ctrl+click are both fine as it is fired click event normally. However, only when you use mouse to select the text on element binded to above attribute directive which somehow Angular de-select the text.

    – Hung Bui
    Nov 15 '18 at 9:11

















  • What happens if you ctrl + click vs just clicking? It sounds like it is your browser deselecting your text and selecting the link. You may have to save the text in a variable if you want to access it when you click something else.

    – rhavelka
    Nov 14 '18 at 22:51











  • click & ctrl+click are both fine as it is fired click event normally. However, only when you use mouse to select the text on element binded to above attribute directive which somehow Angular de-select the text.

    – Hung Bui
    Nov 15 '18 at 9:11
















What happens if you ctrl + click vs just clicking? It sounds like it is your browser deselecting your text and selecting the link. You may have to save the text in a variable if you want to access it when you click something else.

– rhavelka
Nov 14 '18 at 22:51





What happens if you ctrl + click vs just clicking? It sounds like it is your browser deselecting your text and selecting the link. You may have to save the text in a variable if you want to access it when you click something else.

– rhavelka
Nov 14 '18 at 22:51













click & ctrl+click are both fine as it is fired click event normally. However, only when you use mouse to select the text on element binded to above attribute directive which somehow Angular de-select the text.

– Hung Bui
Nov 15 '18 at 9:11





click & ctrl+click are both fine as it is fired click event normally. However, only when you use mouse to select the text on element binded to above attribute directive which somehow Angular de-select the text.

– Hung Bui
Nov 15 '18 at 9:11












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