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},
"firefox": [
{
"version_added": "57"
"version_added": "57",
"notes": "Before Firefox 139, `getSelection().toString()` returns an empty string on form elements. See [bug 85686](https://bugzil.la/85686)."
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This ought to be a note on api.Selection.toString.

},
{
"version_added": "1",
"version_removed": "57",
"partial_implementation": true,
"notes": "Only supported for [`HTMLDocument`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/HTMLDocument), not all `Document` objects."
"notes": [
"Only supported for [`HTMLDocument`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/HTMLDocument), not all `Document` objects.",
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What does "supported" mean? Exposed? Returns a Selection object? Something else?

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Related: #10682

"`getSelection().toString()` returns an empty string on form elements. See [bug 85686](https://bugzil.la/85686)."
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This ought to be a note on api.Selection.toString.

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}
],
"firefox_android": "mirror",
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