How to make selected text bold/italic/underlined in javascript?

Question

I\'m trying to work on a webpage that allows users to write their own notes for a school project, and my idea was to let them bold/italicize/underline their text using butto

Answer 1

You can use execCommand(). This API was meant for developing text editors. The 3 buttons utilize the very versatile execCommand() and the writing element is a plain div enabled with the attribute contenteditable.

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     The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
  
  

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