<p>
Click somewhere in the middle of line 1. Hit enter. Start typing. Cursor is in the wrong place.
</p>
<p>
Reset. Click somewhere in the middle of line 1. Hit enter. Hit enter again. Cursor goes to some random place.
</p>
<div id="rich-text" contenteditable="true">Testing 123<br />Testing 456</div>
CSS
body {
margin: 1em;
}
#rich-text {
width: 100%;
height: 450px;
border: 1px solid black;
cursor: text;
overflow: scroll;
resize: both;
/* in Chrome, must have display: inline-block for contenteditable=true to prevent it from adding <div> <p> and <span> when you type. */
display: inline-block;
}
JavaScript
// Credit to Liam (Stack Overflow)
// https://stackoverflow.com/a/41034697/3480193
class Cursor {
static getCurrentCursorPosition(parentElement) {
var selection = window.getSelection(),
charCount = -1,
node;
if (selection.focusNode) {
if (Cursor._isChildOf(selection.focusNode, parentElement)) {
node = selection.focusNode;
charCount = selection.focusOffset;
while (node) {
if (node === parentElement) {
break;
}
if (node.previousSibling) {
node = node.previousSibling;
charCount += node.textContent.length;
} else {
node = node.parentNode;
if (node === null) {
break;
}
}
}
}
}
return charCount;
}
static setCurrentCursorPosition(chars, element) {
if (chars >= 0) {
var selection = window.getSelection();
let range = Cursor._createRange(element, { count: chars });
if (range) {
range.collapse(false);
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
}
}
}
static _createRange(node, chars, range) {
if (!range) {
range = document.createRange()
range.selectNode(node);
range.setStart(node, 0);
}
if (chars.count === 0) {
range.setEnd(node, chars.count);
} else if (node && chars.count >0) {
if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
if (node.textContent.length < chars.count) {
chars.count -= node.textContent.length;
} else {
...
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