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HTML

<div id="query" style="width:500px; height:200px;border:1px solid black" spellcheck="false" contenteditable="true">
    
</div>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $('div').focus();
    var x = ['SELECT', 'WHERE', 'FROM'];
    $('div').keyup(function(e) {
        //console.log(e.keyCode) ; 
        if (e.keyCode == 32) {
            
            //using .text() remove prev span inserts
            var text = $.trim($(this).text()).split(' ');            
            $.each(text, function(i, v) {
                $.each(x, function(j, xv) {
                    if (v.toUpperCase() === xv) {
                        text[i] = '<span style="color: blue; text-transform: uppercase;">' + v + '</span>';    
                    }                                        
                });
            });

            $(this).html(text.join(' ') + '&nbsp;');

            setEndOfContenteditable(this);
        }
    });

    function setEndOfContenteditable(contentEditableElement) {
        var range, selection;
        if (document.createRange) //Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, IE 9+
        {
            range = document.createRange(); //Create a range (a range is a like the selection but invisible)
            range.selectNodeContents(contentEditableElement); //Select the entire contents of the element with the range
            range.collapse(false); //collapse the range to the end point. false means collapse to end rather than the start
            selection = window.getSelection(); //get the selection object (allows you to change selection)
            selection.removeAllRanges(); //remove any selections already made
            selection.addRange(range); //make the range you have just created the visible selection
        }
        else if (document.selection) //IE 8 and lower
        {
            range = document.body.createTextRange(); //Create a range (a range is a like the selection but invisible)
            range.moveToElementText(contentEditableElement); //Select the entire contents of the element with the range
            range.collapse(false); //collapse the range to the end point. false means...