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Created January 15, 2014 15:32
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Add a new jQuery function that will allow you to add text to the current caret position in textarea and text fields. Pulled from some Stack Overflow question.
jQuery.fn.extend({
insertAtCaret: function(myValue){
return this.each(function(i) {
if (document.selection) {
//For browsers like Internet Explorer
this.focus();
var sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = myValue;
this.focus();
}
else if (this.selectionStart || this.selectionStart == '0') {
//For browsers like Firefox and Webkit based
var startPos = this.selectionStart;
var endPos = this.selectionEnd;
var scrollTop = this.scrollTop;
this.value = this.value.substring(0, startPos)+myValue+this.value.substring(endPos,this.value.length);
this.focus();
this.selectionStart = startPos + myValue.length;
this.selectionEnd = startPos + myValue.length;
this.scrollTop = scrollTop;
} else {
this.value += myValue;
this.focus();
}
});
}
});
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