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December 11, 2012 17:33
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Insert text at cursor position
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insertAtCaret = (areaId, text) -> | |
txtarea = $("#t1").get(0) | |
scrollPos = txtarea.scrollTop | |
strPos = 0 | |
br = ((if (txtarea.selectionStart or txtarea.selectionStart is "0") then "ff" else ((if document.selection then "ie" else false)))) | |
if br is "ie" | |
txtarea.focus() | |
range = document.selection.createRange() | |
range.moveStart "character", -txtarea.value.length | |
strPos = range.text.length | |
else strPos = txtarea.selectionStart if br is "ff" | |
front = (txtarea.value).substring(0, strPos) | |
back = (txtarea.value).substring(strPos, txtarea.value.length) | |
txtarea.value = front + text + back | |
strPos = strPos + text.length | |
if br is "ie" | |
txtarea.focus() | |
range = document.selection.createRange() | |
range.moveStart "character", -txtarea.value.length | |
range.moveStart "character", strPos | |
range.moveEnd "character", 0 | |
range.select() | |
else if br is "ff" | |
txtarea.selectionStart = strPos | |
txtarea.selectionEnd = strPos | |
txtarea.focus() | |
txtarea.scrollTop = scrollPos |
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