JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Jools Chadwick

HTML

<textarea>Well hello there</textarea>

JavaScript

var $textarea = $('textarea');
var textarea = $textarea[0];
var restSelTime;

$textarea.on('paste', function(event){
	event.preventDefault();
	var sel = {
  	start : textarea.selectionStart,
  	end : textarea.selectionEnd
  };
  clearTimeout(restSelTime);
  restSelTime=setTimeout(function(){
  	textarea.setSelectionRange(sel.start,sel.end);
  },0);
  
});