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function pasteText({replacementText, cursorContext, activeQuery}: {replacementText: string; cursorContext: CursorContext; activeQuery: string;}){
// update text node content with replaced text
const lastIndex = cursorContext.textBeforeCursor.lastIndexOf(activeQuery);
cursorContext.textNode.textContent = cursorContext.textNodeContent.substring(0, lastIndex) + replacementText + cursorContext.textAfterCursor;
const selection = document.getSelection();
if(!selection) return;
// put cursor at the end of the replaced text
const range = document.createRange();
range.setStart(cursorContext.textNode, lastIndex + replacementText.length);
range.setEnd(cursorContext.textNode, lastIndex + replacementText.length);
range.collapse(true);
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
}
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