[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 25609] New: [GTK] Implement support for get_selection

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25609

           Summary: [GTK] Implement support for get_selection
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Accessibility
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: joanmarie.diggs at gmail.com
                CC: xan.lopez at gmail.com, William.Walker at sun.com


The accessible text interface includes a method to get a specified selection.
For more information please see
http://library.gnome.org/devel/atk/unstable/AtkText.html#atk-text-get-selection.

Usage/need example: ATs are now aware that text has been selected/unselected
thanks to the newly-implemented text-selection-changed events. A screen reader
such as Orca should in turn present the text that just became
selected/unselected. In order to do that, it needs to know the start and end
offset of the selected text (which it can get via get_selection).

(Note that the other selection-related methods of the accessible text interface
should be implemented too. However, get_selection is the most critical of the
bunch because without it, we cannot do anything in response to a
text-selection-changed event.)


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