Selecting text to read specific bit of text not working

[ghost]

The bookmarklet reads the whole page even when using it with a selected block of text. This happens on all web pages, at least in Firefox 28 and 29, and Chrome 34, both in Ubuntu 14.04. Haven't checked on other browsers or OSes.

[boykov]

The bookmarklet in Firefox 28, Ubuntu 12.04 has the same problem.

[heyakyra]

Same here. Is this a bug in a supported feature that is supposed to work, or is this an enhancement request?

[boykov]

squirt uses window.getSelection() function, which does not work on text selected in form fields due to this Firefox bug.