How to know if there is a link element within the selection

Question

In Javascript, I\'d like determine whether an element, say an A element, exists inside a given range/textRange. The aim is to determine if the user\'s current

Answer 1

How about selection.containsNode? https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Selection/containsNode

something like:

var selection = window.getSelection();
var range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
var result = $('a', range.commonAncestorContainer).filter(function() {
  return selection.containsNode(this);
});
console.log(result);