id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc 5950,getSelection IE7 & IE6 = is null or not an object,thinkap,,"When i try to extract the selected text from the editor i receive the error ""getSelection is null or not an object"" only happens in ie6 & ie7. it works great in ie8, firefox, chrome & safari. {{{ var editor_name = 'email_ckeditor'; var mySelection = CKEDITOR.instances[editor_name].getSelection(); if (CKEDITOR.env.ie) { mySelection.unlock(true); selectedText = mySelection.getNative().createRange().text; } else { selectedText = mySelection.getNative(); } alert( selectedText ); }}} also tried without luck {{{ var editor_name = 'email_ckeditor'; if (CKEDITOR.env.ie) { selection = CKEDITOR.instances[editor_name].getSelection().document.$.selection.createRange().text; } else { selection = CKEDITOR.instances[editor_name].getSelection().getNative(); }; alert( selection ); }}} ",Bug,closed,Normal,,General,3.3.1,invalid,,