JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Shree Khanal
HTML
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="result" contenteditable="true">Create # tag link with wrapper
</div>
<script>
$(function() {
$('#result').hashtag("result");
});
</script>
CSS
mentiony-link {
color: white;
background: #009688;
padding: 1px 4px;
border-radius: 3px;
}
JavaScript
(function($) {
$.fn.hashtag = function(id) {
var saveSelection, restoreSelection;
if (window.getSelection && document.createRange) {
saveSelection = function(containerEl) {
var range = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);
var preSelectionRange = range.cloneRange();
preSelectionRange.selectNodeContents(containerEl);
preSelectionRange.setEnd(range.startContainer, range.startOffset);
var start = preSelectionRange.toString().length;
return {
start: start,
end: start + range.toString().length
};
};
restoreSelection = function(containerEl, savedSel) {
var charIndex = 0,
range = document.createRange();
range.setStart(containerEl, 0);
range.collapse(true);
var nodeStack = [containerEl],
node, foundStart = false,
stop = false;
while (!stop && (node = nodeStack.pop())) {
if (node.nodeType == 3) {
var nextCharIndex = charIndex + node.length;
if (!foundStart && savedSel.start >= charIndex && savedSel.start <= nextCharIndex) {
range.setStart(node, savedSel.start - charIndex);
foundStart = true;
}
if (foundStart && savedSel.end >= charIndex && savedSel.end <= nextCharIndex) {
range.setEnd(node, savedSel.end - charIndex);
stop = true;
}
charIndex = nextCharIndex;
} else {
var i = node.childNodes.length;
while (i--) {
nodeStack.push(node.childNodes[i]);
}
}
}
var sel = window.getSelection();
sel.removeAllRanges();
sel.addRange(range);
}
} else if (document.selection) {
saveSelection = function(containerEl) {
var selectedTextRange = document.selection.createRange();
var preSelectionTextRange = document.body.createTextRange();
preSelectionTextRange.moveToElementText(containerEl);
preSelectionTextRange.setEndPoint("EndToStart", selectedTextRange);
var start = preSelectionTextRange.text.length;
return {
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