You can use getSelection() to do that, but it doesn't work everywhere. [0] [1] [0] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7563169/detect-which-word-has-been-click

You can use getSelection() to do that, but it doesn't work everywhere. [0] [1] [0] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7563169/detect-which-word-has-been-clicked-on-within-a-text https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7563169/detect-which-wor... [1] http://jsfiddle.net/Vap7C/15/ http://jsfiddle.net/Vap7C/15/