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HTML
<input id='myInput' />
JavaScript
var text= "my text";
var textIsSet = false;
$("#myInput").keydown(function() {
var cpos = doGetCaretPosition(this);
if(!textIsSet) {
$(this).val(this.value + text);
textIsSet = true;
}
setCaretToPos(this, cpos);
});
function setSelectionRange(input, selectionStart, selectionEnd) {
if (input.setSelectionRange) {
input.focus();
input.setSelectionRange(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
}
else if (input.createTextRange) {
var range = input.createTextRange();
range.collapse(true);
range.moveEnd('character', selectionEnd);
range.moveStart('character', selectionStart);
range.select();
}
}
function setCaretToPos (input, pos) {
setSelectionRange(input, pos, pos);
}
/*
** Returns the caret (cursor) position of the specified text field.
** Return value range is 0-oField.value.length.
*/
function doGetCaretPosition (oField) {
// Initialize
var iCaretPos = 0;
// IE Support
if (document.selection) {
// Set focus on the element
oField.focus ();
// To get cursor position, get empty selection range
var oSel = document.selection.createRange ();
// Move selection start to 0 position
oSel.moveStart ('character', -oField.value.length);
// The caret position is selection length
iCaretPos = oSel.text.length;
}
// Firefox support
else if (oField.selectionStart || oField.selectionStart == '0')
iCaretPos = oField.selectionStart;
// Return results
return (iCaretPos);
}