firefox contenteditable plaintext
HTML
<div id="plain" contenteditable="true">Plain text only</div>
CSS
#plain{
white-space: pre;
}
JavaScript
let myDiv = document.getElementById("plain");
myDiv.addEventListener("keydown", e => {
//override pressing enter in contenteditable
if (e.keyCode == 13)
{
//don't automatically put in divs
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
//insert newline
insertTextAtSelection(myDiv, "\n");
}
});
//override paste
myDiv.addEventListener("paste", e => {
//cancel paste
e.preventDefault();
//get plaintext from clipboard
let text = (e.originalEvent || e).clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
//insert text manually
insertTextAtSelection(myDiv, text);
});
function insertTextAtSelection(div, txt) {
//get selection area so we can position insert
let sel = window.getSelection();
let text = div.textContent;
let before = Math.min(sel.focusOffset, sel.anchorOffset);
let after = Math.max(sel.focusOffset, sel.anchorOffset);
//ensure string ends with \n so it displays properly
let afterStr = text.substring(after);
if (afterStr == "") afterStr = "\n";
//insert content
div.textContent = text.substring(0, before) + txt + afterStr;
//restore cursor at correct position
sel.removeAllRanges();
let range = document.createRange();
//childNodes[0] should be all the text
range.setStart(div.childNodes[0], before + txt.length);
range.setEnd(div.childNodes[0], before + txt.length);
sel.addRange(range);
console.log(div.innerHTML);
}