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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.
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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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