highlighting or changing background of some text in input box

[James Black]

Hello,
I am trying to add an autocomplete functionality for tags, so I want
to just have the following capability:
If I type
ger

then the word my application matches that to is
german

So, I want 'ger' to look normal, and 'man' to be highlighted.

In an input box I can't use html tags, but I believe there is a
javascript function that will allow me to highlight just the part I
want highlighted.

How would I do this?

Thanx.

 

[David Mark]

Hello,
I am trying to add an autocomplete functionality for tags, so I want
to just have the following capability:
If I type
ger

then the word my application matches that to is
german

So, I want 'ger' to look normal, and 'man' to be highlighted.

You mean you want "man" to be selected.

In an input box I can't use html tags, but I believe there is a
javascript function that will allow me to highlight just the part I
want highlighted.

Look into createTextRange for IE and setSelectionRange for others.
The former creates a range object, which can then be manipulated to do
what you want. The latter can do it with one call. Make sure you
detect these methods before calling.

 

[James Black]

You mean you want "man" to be selected.

I was hoping to be able to arbitrarily change the background for the
part I want selected, but that appears to not be possible.

Look into createTextRange for IE and setSelectionRange for others.
The former creates a range object, which can then be manipulated to do
what you want. The latter can do it with one call. Make sure you
detect these methods before calling.

Thank you very much.