The problem is, we can't assert that the element isn't visible because that
isn't an efficient or reliable thing to check, and we don't really want to
throw an exception at runtime in FF if somebody is developing in IE and may
not test FF thoroughly. So, I think its better to fail cleanly. If
I'm not entirely sure I understand why you can't use the slightly more
efficient check in getSelectedText(), but as that is only a speed
optimization , LGTM.
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:40 PM, John LaBanca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IE throws an exception if the cursorPos is negative, whereas the
Thanks!
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:13 PM, John LaBanca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
committed as r3666
I see what you are saying about the more efficient version, so I changed it
to the following where we don't get the length unless we need to:
public String getSelectedText() {
int
