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Calculate the start and end position of user selection using javascript from a parent element
function getBodyTextOffset(node, offset) {
    var sel = window.getSelection();
    var range = document.createRange();
    range.selectNodeContents(document.getElementById('test'));
    range.setEnd(node, offset);
    sel.removeAllRanges();
    sel.addRange(range);
    return sel.toString().length;
}

function getSelectionOffsets() {
    var sel, range;
    var start = 0, end = 0;
    if (window.getSelection) {
        sel = window.getSelection();
        if (sel.rangeCount) {
            range = sel.getRangeAt(sel.rangeCount - 1);
            start = getBodyTextOffset(range.startContainer, range.startOffset);
            end = getBodyTextOffset(range.endContainer, range.endOffset);
            sel.removeAllRanges();
            sel.addRange(range);
            alert(start + ", " + end);
        }
    } else if (document.selection) {
        // IE stuff here
    }
    return {
        start: start,
        end: end
    };
}

for (i in window.getSelection()) {alert('i = '+i);}

for (i in window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0)) {alert('i = '+i);}