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HTML
<input type="button" value="Test Button"><br /><br />
<input name="txt1" id="txt1"> Input 1 <br />
<input name="txt2" id="txt2"> Input 2 <br />
<input name="txt3" id="txt3"> Input 3 <br />
<input name="txt4" id="txt4"> Input 4 <br />
<input name="txt5" id="txt5"> Input 5 <br />
JavaScript
// any time a textarea gets focus, set the ID
$('input').focus(function(){
focusID = $(this).attr('id');
});
// when the button is clicked
$('input[type="button"]').click(function(){
// insert the value into the input
insertAtCaret(focusID,$(this).val())
});
function insertAtCaret(areaId,text) {
var txtarea = document.getElementById(areaId);
var scrollPos = txtarea.scrollTop;
var strPos = 0;
var br = ((txtarea.selectionStart || txtarea.selectionStart == '0') ?
"ff" : (document.selection ? "ie" : false ) );
if (br == "ie") {
txtarea.focus();
var range = document.selection.createRange();
range.moveStart ('character', -txtarea.value.length);
strPos = range.text.length;
}
else if (br == "ff") strPos = txtarea.selectionStart;
var front = (txtarea.value).substring(0,strPos);
var back = (txtarea.value).substring(strPos,txtarea.value.length);
txtarea.value=front+text+back;
strPos = strPos + text.length;
if (br == "ie") {
txtarea.focus();
var range = document.selection.createRange();
range.moveStart ('character', -txtarea.value.length);
range.moveStart ('character', strPos);
range.moveEnd ('character', 0);
range.select();
}
else if (br == "ff") {
txtarea.selectionStart = strPos;
txtarea.selectionEnd = strPos;
txtarea.focus();
}
txtarea.scrollTop = scrollPos;
}