Thursday 27 March 2014

Insert Text/String at Cursor Position inside Textbox/TextArea Using Javascript

 

Insert Text/String at Cursor Position inside Textbox/TextArea Using Javascript


The following trick can be used to insert Random text wherever the blinking cursor is present on the click of Button..



<html>
<head>
<script>
function getCaret(el) {
    if (el.selectionStart) {
        return el.selectionStart;
    } else if (document.selection) {
        el.focus();

        var r = document.selection.createRange();
        if (r == null) {
            return 0;
        }

        var re = el.createTextRange(),
            rc = re.duplicate();
        re.moveToBookmark(r.getBookmark());
        rc.setEndPoint('EndToStart', re);

        return rc.text.length;
    }
    return 0;
}

function InsertText() {
    var textarea = document.getElementById('txtArea');
    var currentPos = getCaret(textarea);
    //alert(currentPos);
    var strLeft = textarea.value.substring(0, currentPos);
    var strMiddle = "-- Hello World --";
    var strRight = textarea.value.substring(currentPos, textarea.value.length);
    textarea.value = strLeft + strMiddle + strRight;
}
</script>
<title>Insert Text @ Cursor Position</title></head>
<body>
<textarea id="txtArea" >Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</textarea>
<button onclick="InsertText();">Insert Text</button>
</body>
</html>

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