JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="MyEditableId" contentEditable="true">
1. Some text 123. <span style="background-color: #0CF;">text 123</span> 456 <span style="background-color: #9F3;">2-> abc </span>
<br />
<p> E.g. here is clicked: "click" Text after click </p>
<p></p>
<br />
end of text.
</div>
JavaScript
$('#MyEditableId').on('mouseup', function(event) {
var MyEditable = document.getElementById('MyEditableId');
MyEditable.focus();
console.log(window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).cloneContents());
});