Note: This was tested on Firefox 3.0.12.
<html>
<head>
<title>foobar</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<script src="mt.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!-- available from http://mootools.net/download/get/mootools-1.2.3-core-yc.js -->
<script type="text/javascript">
window.addEvent('domready', function() {
// every 3 seconds
var timer = 5;
var periodical;
var checkad = (function() {
var highlights = $$('.__mozilla-findbar-search');
var shown = false;
if($chk(highlights)) {
highlights.each(function(item, index){
if(!shown){
var text = item.get('text');
alert('Highlighted text: '+text);
shown = true;
//$clear(periodical);
}
});
}
if(window.getSelection() != ''){
alert('Selected text: ' + window.getSelection() );
//$clear(periodical);
}
});
periodical = checkad.periodical(timer * 1000, this);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas risus
augue, placerat in scelerisque in, suscipit ornare purus. Donec laoreet
libero rhoncus. Aliquam id urna ante. Mauris pretium lacinia odio eget
scelerisque. Nam tempor nibh vel sapien eleifend quis iaculis mi mattis.
</p>
</body>
</html>
As a test search for one of the words on the page(such as lorem). Next use the highlight button to test.
