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HTML
<textarea id="text"></textarea>
<input type="button" id="btn">
JavaScript
function insertAtCursor(myField, myValue) {
//IE support
if (document.selection) {
myField.focus();
sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = myValue;
}
// Microsoft Edge
else if(window.navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Edge") > -1) {
var startPos = myField.selectionStart;
var endPos = myField.selectionEnd;
myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, startPos)+ myValue
+ myField.value.substring(endPos, myField.value.length);
var pos = startPos + myValue.length;
myField.focus();
myField.setSelectionRange(pos, pos);
}
//MOZILLA and others
else if (myField.selectionStart || myField.selectionStart == '0') {
var startPos = myField.selectionStart;
var endPos = myField.selectionEnd;
myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, startPos)
+ myValue
+ myField.value.substring(endPos, myField.value.length);
} else {
myField.value += myValue;
}
}
document.getElementById('btn').onclick = function() {
insertAtCursor(document.getElementById('text'), 'Hello');
}