Inserting characters at current cursor point in textarea

[M Wells]

Hi All,

I've been checking the online javascript libraries for code that will
show me how to insert characters at the current cursor point in a
textarea form field to help me markup content I write for my site.

Unfortunately, all I've been able to locate are plugin applets that
give wysiwig functionality, which is not what I'm looking for.

So I'm wondering if someone can provide some code, or point me to some
code, that will respond to a click on a button by inserting, as an
example, the following text at the current cursor position:
"<strong></strong>".

Ideally, what I'd like to do is if text is highlighted, then put
"<strong>" on one side, and "</strong>" on the other, and if no text
is highlighted, then simply insert "<strong></strong>" at the current
position and re-position the cursor so that it is between the
characters "><" so I can start typing straight away.

Any help with this would be immensely appreciated!

Much warmth,

Murray
http://www.planetthoughtful.org
Building a thoughtful planet,
One quirky comment at a time.

 

[Martin Honnen]

M Wells wrote:

I've been checking the online javascript libraries for code that will
show me how to insert characters at the current cursor point in a
textarea form field to help me markup content I write for my site.

Have a look at
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/1052/fid/130
amd
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/13562/fid/130