Textarea tags
Insert a new text or a input value into a textarea at the cursor position using jquery
HTML
<form>
<textarea id="text1" cols="40" rows="3"></textarea>
<textarea id="text2" cols="40" rows="3"></textarea>
<textarea id="text3" cols="40" rows="3"></textarea>
<textarea id="text4" cols="40" rows="3"></textarea>
<br>
<input type="button" value="one" />
<input type="button" value="two" />
<input type="button" value="three" />
</form>
JavaScript
let currentInput = $('#text1');
$(document).on('focus', 'textarea', function() {
currentInput = $(this);
})
$( 'input[type=button]' ).on('click', function(){
let cursorPos = currentInput.prop('selectionStart');
let v = currentInput.val();
let textBefore = v.substring(0, cursorPos );
let textAfter = v.substring( cursorPos, v.length );
currentInput.val( textBefore+ $(this).val() +textAfter );
});