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Oki, I understand.

But it wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for.

I’m trying to find a script that can detect if an area of a <p> tag is selected. Like if I want to add a class to the text that is bold in this paragraph:

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus tincidunt varius augue ac laoreet. Pellentesque quis justo vel dolor ultricies venenatis. Praesent lacinia diam feugiat velit facilisis nec feugiat mi interdum. Nulla non mauris eu ligula eleifend aliquet. Aenean varius euismod orci nec eleifend. Proin luctus nisi nec turpis adipiscing aliquet. Integer molestie, nulla ac euismod mattis, neque velit aliquam quam, vitae consequat nisi est ac nunc. Aliquam vestibulum malesuada sollicitudin. Fusce auctor ipsum vel diam mattis egestas. Phasellus ac facilisis quam. Nulla vitae porttitor nisi. Vivamus volutpat porta nisi non fringilla. Nunc interdum auctor eros, nec euismod turpis commodo et. Suspendisse non nulla urna, vitae hendrerit erat. Praesent sed augue sapien. Mauris at odio aliquam tortor ultrices imperdiet ac eu quam. Nulla eleifend, eros ac sodales placerat, eros quam iaculis enim, eget pretium augue mi quis sem.</p>

Is there a way to do that?