JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by sandeepan_nits
HTML
<textarea id='text' cols="40" rows="20" onbeforedeactivate="storeSelectionIeCase();" onblur="storeSelectionOthersCase();">
</textarea>
<div id="opt">
<input id="input" type="text" size="35">
<input type="button" onclick='pasteIntoInput(document.getElementById("input").value)' value="button"/>
</div>
JavaScript
var storedSelectionStart = null;
var storedSelectionEnd = null;
function pasteIntoInput(text)
{
el=document.getElementById("text");
el.focus();
if((storedSelectionStart != null) && (storedSelectionEnd != null))
{
start = storedSelectionStart;
end = storedSelectionEnd;
}
else
{
start = el.selectionStart;
end = el.selectionEnd;
}
if (typeof start == "number"&& typeof end == "number")
{
var val = el.value;
var selStart = start;
el.value = val.slice(0, selStart) + text + val.slice(end );
end = start = selStart + text.length;
}
else if (typeof document.selection != "undefined")
{
var textRange = document.selection.createRange();
textRange.text = text;
textRange.collapse(false);
textRange.select();
}
}
function storeSelectionOthersCase()
{
if(!(isBrowserIE6() || isBrowserIE7()))
{
storeSelection();
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
function storeSelectionIeCase()
{
if((isBrowserIE6() || isBrowserIE7()))
{
storeSelection();
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
function storeSelection()
{
//get selection
el=document.getElementById("text");
var el = document.getElementById("text");
var sel = getInputSelection(el);
//alert("check"+sel.start + ", " + sel.end);
storedSelectionStart = sel.start;
storedSelectionEnd = sel.end;
//alert("see"+storedSelectionStart +" - "+storedSelectionEnd );
}
function getInputSelection(el)
{
var start = 0, end = 0, normalizedValue, range,
textInputRange, len, endRange;
if (typeof el.selectionStart == "number" && typeof el.selectionEnd == "number") {
start = el.selectionStart;
end = el.selectionEnd;
} else {
range = document.selection.createRange();
if (range &&...