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# Selections

## Component/part description

Make text selection of transcription

To look into <https://github.com/timdown/rangy>\
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Selection>

## Related projects

Hyperaudio, palestinian remix

## Implementations Options considered

### Palestinaian remix drag and drop

Palestinaian remix drag and drop

### Other

How to do text selection for highlight paper cuts. Currently in transcription show it traverse the DOM to update those.

Eg see selecting words function. That recognises uses selection.

<https://github.com/OpenNewsLabs/autoEdit_2/blob/paperedit/lib/app/views/transcription_view.js#L488>

And this function to update the dom with selections.

<https://github.com/OpenNewsLabs/autoEdit_2/blob/paperedit/lib/app/views/transcription_view.js#L91>\
There might be a better way to do this? Using rangy ?<br>

## Current implementation

## What needs refactoring


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