As mentioned on bug 48722, QWebPage::selectedText() could do an early return if the frame's selection is empty.
Created attachment 72471 [details] Proposed patch
Comment on attachment 72471 [details] Proposed patch Clearing flags on attachment: 72471 Committed r70999: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/70999>
All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug.
Comment on attachment 72471 [details] Proposed patch View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=72471&action=review > WebKit/qt/Api/qwebpage.cpp:2422 > + if (frame->selection()->selection().selectionType() == VisibleSelection::NoSelection) This is a bad internal API =/ : 5 "selection"s for this single simple statement, being on of them "selection()->selection()" Nice shortcut though!