CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

show selected text in textarea && activeElement

function onMouseUp(e) {
  const activeTextarea = document.activeElement;
  const selection = activeTextarea.value.substring(
    activeTextarea.selectionStart, activeTextarea.selectionEnd
  );

  const outputElement = document.getElementById('output-element');
  const outputText = document.getElementById('output-text');
  outputElement.innerHTML = activeTextarea.id;
  outputText.innerHTML = selection;
}

const textarea1 = document.getElementById('ta-example-one');
const textarea2 = document.getElementById('ta-example-two');
textarea1.addEventListener('mouseup', onMouseUp, false);
textarea2.addEventListener('mouseup', onMouseUp, false);