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How to strip html tags out of selection

I want to strip html tags out of a selected text which is inside a content editable div. Lets say selected text is something like this:

<div contenteditable="true">
  <span style="color:red">some text</span>
</div>

So I tried this:

window.getSelection().anchorNode.parentNode.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');

but I get an error that says replace is not a function. I tried also this below:

window.getSelection().anchorNode.parentNode.remove();

but this will remove also the text. Whats the deal here?

Thank you.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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Like this

const editable = document.querySelector('div');
const button = document.querySelector('button');

button.addEventListener('click', () => {
  alert(editable.innerText);
});
   <div contenteditable="true">
    <span style="color:red">some text</span>
   </div>
   
   <button>Show me the text</button>

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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