How can I get selected text in pdf in Javascript?

Question

I\'m writing a Chrome Extention to manipulate pdf file so I want to get selected text in the pdf. How can I do that.

Some thing like that:

Answer 1

There is no one generic solution for all pdf extensions. Every extention has is own API. If you work with google-chrome extension i belive it's impossible.

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