How do I let users highlight/mark text strings so they e.g. can use text to speech.

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to let users select/mark/highlight text in a construct HTML5 build. I need it for users with dyslexia, so they can use their text to speech applications.

I think you can use BBcode see the text examples from start page

I think you can use BBcode see the text examples from start page

As I have understood it, BB code is only for styling you text. I have tried building both with disabled and enabled BBCode. It did not make a difference other than the text moved slightly in its own bounding box. Do you have any documentation or arguments that supports that BBCode is the way to do it?

I might have found a workaround/solution. Using inputText which is a HTML5 element. I am disabling userinteraction on the input and then styling it with either the buildin css properties or a separate ccs style sheet. It's not preferable, but it seems to work.

Are you asking how to get the selected part of the text? Check out this demo:

dropbox.com/s/jx5y6cg8guncx1j/GetSelectedText.c3p

Are you asking how to get the selected part of the text? Check out this demo:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jx5y6cg8guncx1j/GetSelectedText.c3p?dl=0

Well, that example is also just using inputText, just as I stated in my previous post.

My use case may be very specific as I haven't seen many published games that support highlighting text and text to voice. However, as one of the primary uses of Construct is for web builds, it would be nice to make it possible to create ordinary html5 text element which also can be previewed in the editor.

Who would have known? Using inputText (an HTML5 element) also got rid of text blur when zooming in with the browser. I guess it makes sense as the text is no longer shown as pure graphic.