Get the selected text

const selectedText = window.getSelection().toString();

See also

Copy highlighted code to the clipboard
Get the direction of the text selection
Paste as plain text
Save and restore the text selection
Select the text content of an element

Get the position of an element relative to the document

Get the size of an image

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