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JavaScript - How To Wrap A User Selection With Arbitrary Text?
Hi all,
Could someone please tell me how to properly add some text content before and after a user's selection? I am working with the TinyMCE editor, and I can get the following from it: * User's selection as a W3C compatible range * User's selection as a browser selection object * User's selection as a node (element) that encompasses the user's selection I also need the user's selection to remain selected after being wrapped. I've looked all over the web and could find nothing (except running into my OWN previous questions about this). Here's an example of what I'm trying to do: First line is original text, second line a part is selected, third line the selection is wrapped and the selection remains selected. I will greatly appreciate some help here. I've been asking everywhere and nobody seems to know (or they don't bother to answer). Thanks! -- Roger Similar TutorialsHi all, After over a month of pounding my head against the wall (and getting ZERO help from the TinyMCE "support" forum), I have finally come up with a simple JS function (for the TinyMCE editor) that will wrap a selection with any open and any close tag one wishes, and keeps the selected text selected for further wrapping if desired. Here's the code (commented heavily): Code: /* -------- FOR TINYMCE ONLY --------
* wrap selection with BBCode or other tags
* (c) 2010 r.a.krupski <krupski@roadrunner.com>
* free software - use, modify, distribute freely
** -------- FOR TINYMCE ONLY --------*/
function tinyWrap(open_tag, close_tag)
{
var ed = (tinymce.activeEditor || opener.tinymce.activeEditor); /* get editor instance */
var selection = ed.selection.getContent(); /* get user selection, if any */
var temp_name = new Date().getTime().toString(36).toLowerCase(); /* generate a unique string */
var span_open = '<span id="' + temp_name + '">'; /* generate '<span id="unique">' */
var span_close = '</span>'; /* generate closing '</span>' */
selection = selection.replace(/<p>/g,'').replace(/<\/p>/g,'<br />'); /* convert <p></p> to <br /> */
if (selection.substr(selection.length-6) === '<br />')
{
selection = selection.substr(0, selection.length-6); /* strip last <br /> if present */
}
/* create complete selection replacement: '<span id="unique">OPEN_TAGselectionCLOSE_TAG</span>' */
var content = open_tag + span_open + selection + span_close + close_tag;
ed.execCommand('mceReplaceContent', false, content); /* replace selection with new */
var span_elem = ed.dom.get(temp_name); /* get the element of the temp span */
ed.selection.select(span_elem); /* select (highlight) the selection span */
ed.dom.remove(temp_name, true); /* remove the span, leave it's highlighted text behind(true) */
ed.focus(); /* insure editor has focus */
return; /* taa-daa! all done! */
}
Hope this helps someone - I've got a few more gray hairs because of TinyMCE... hopefully this will spare others my agony...... -- Roger Please help with the code details as to how this would be possible. Thanks. <form method="post" name="validate" action="internet_marketing_and_email_blasting_signup.php" enctype="multipart/form-data" onmouseover="change(event,'../images/submit1.png')" onmouseout="change(event,'../images/submit.png')" onkeyup="highlight(event)" onclick="highlight(event)"> Ok I am very very new to java to the point where I only know how to use pre-made javascripts in my php code so be gentle. First, here is part of a form I have: Code: <select name = "pulmonologist" >
<option selected="" value="">---Select---
<option value="none">None</option>
<?php
while ($row2 = mysql_fetch_assoc ($results2)) {
?><option value = "<?php echo $row2['staff_name'];?>"><?php echo $row2['staff_name'];?></option>
<?php }
?>
</select>
Ok now I want to echo the value that the user selects on the SAME page (i.e. before the submit button is pressed) (so I can't do it with php, I need javascript) like this: Code: <input type="submit" value = "Contact <?php echo $pulmonologist;?>" /> Can you tell me how to do this? Thanks! Hi, Here's a sample form: Code: <form action="#" method="post"> Name:<br /> <input type="text" name="name" value="your name" /><br /> E-mail:<br /> <input type="text" name="mail" value="your email" /><br /> <input type="submit" value="Send"> </form> When you tab to a text input, the value gets highlighted. How can it be disabled? Any help is appreciated! Mike I apologize for all the text I'm about to type, but I just want to make sure I explain my problem in detail. So I have created a simple Weather Forecast algorithm containing the JavaScript code that uses a prompt to allow a user to enter a temperature in degrees Celsius, and based on the degrees entered (temperature scale is below), the program will display one of the following messages based on the selection structure I have created: (Kindly find attached .txt file of my entire code, I wasn't able to upload an HTML file.) -18 degrees Celsius: "Bundle up! It's freezing out there!" -18 - 0 degrees Celsius: "Pretty cold with a chance of snow!" 15 degrees Celsius: "Don't forget your jacket. It's still chilly out!" 16 - 27 degrees Celsius: "Perfect, lovely weather... unless it rains." 28 - 35 degrees Celsius: "Nice and warn. Go for a swim." 35 degrees Celsius: "Really hot! Best to stay in air conditioning." HELP Now i want improve on the same program and let the user enter the degrees in either unit using a prompt to ask the user whether the entry is Celsius(C) or Fahrenheit (F) (F scale is below) and use the correct degree breakdown to display the same messages: Less than 0 degrees Fahrenheit: "Bundle up! It's freezing out there!" 0 - 32 degrees Fahrenheit: "Pretty cold with a chance of snow!" 33 - 59 degrees Fahrenheit: "Don't forget your jacket. It's still chilly out!" 60 - 80 degrees Fahrenheit: "Perfect, lovely weather... unless it rains." 81 - 95 degrees Fahrenheit: " Nice and warn. Go for a swim." Greater than 95 degrees Fahrenheit: " Really hot! Best to stay in air conditioning." I'd appreciate if anyone can help me with this. Again, I've attached my original file where the user can only enter in degrees Celsius and gets the corresponding messages. I have tested it and it works perfectly. Attached Files hourlyForecast1.txt (954 Bytes, 24 views) I searched about this problem over Internet and found the same result many times, I found this example on stack overflow but this example didn't work in my project; I am making a toolbar with buttons that insert HTML tags around the selected text in a <textarea>, this exemple didn't work because when the user click on a button the selected text won't be selected anymore because <textarea> loses focus and selected text will be unselected, I am targeting Firefox and compatible browsers so you don't need to give me the IE code; jQuery codes are accepted; so, have you any idea?
Hi all, I am working on code to wrap BBCodes around a user selection, then leave the selection selected for possibly adding more BBCodes around the same selection. My problem is that there seems to be several different ways to do it and I can't figure out which one is "the best". Now, I can't use the "standard" way of doing this because I am working with TinyMCE. I know there are countless examples on how to do this with textareas... that is NOT what I need. TinyMCE can give me a selection RANGE, a selection NODE or a selection OBJECT. Note that if I use TinyMCE's range, it internally "normalizes" the range to be a standard W3C range, regardless of browser. I've created a new range, extracted the selection from the user's range, created elements for the open and close BBCode, inserted the elements into the range and finally set the user's selection to the new range. Works fine. I also tried taking the selection node (which is an element), then simply used "innerHTML" to add the opening and closing tags, then set the node to the modified node. Works fine. I've also used the editor's built in "selection.getContent()" and "selection.setContent()" calls and THIS also works. I've even tried using the DOM "surroundContents()" function, then used a regex to change the < and > into [ and ]. Freaky... but that works too. So, my dilemma is... which method should I use??? To recap, here's what I want (blue represents selected text): This is a test sentence. (user selected some text) This [bbcode] is a test [/bbcode] sentence. (text is wrapped and remains selected). This [bbcode][newcode] is a test [/newcode][/bbcode] sentence. (user clicked another bbcode button). If no text is selected, then simply the open and close tags are inserted, with the cursor blinking in between them.... [bbcode] | [/bbcode] (pipe symbol represents the cursor) Any guidance will be greatly appreciated! -- Roger I have 2 textareas, 1 which will be vissible, another that will be hidden. I have a function that mirrors (not in reversed lettering) the first textarea's input to the second. Code: function copy_data(val){
var messageText = document.getElementById(val.id).value
document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = messageText;
}
So that copies from : <textarea name="text_message" rows="4" id="text_message" style="direction:ltr;" onkeyup="copy_data(this)"></textarea><br/> To: <textarea name="message" rows="4" id="message" style="direction:ltr;"></textarea> Then I have another function which when I select text in the "text_message" textarea will apply a tag to it, however I don't want this tag to be vissible in the "text_message" textarea but rather in the "message" textarea. Code: function formatText(el,tag){
var selectedText = document.selection?document.selection.createRange().text:el.value.substring(el.selectionStart,el.selectionEnd);
if(selectedText!=''){
var newText=''+tag+''+selectedText+''+tag+'';
el.value=el.value.replace(selectedText,newText)
}
}
This effects from this checkbox: <input type="checkbox" id="bold1" name="bold1" onclick="formatText(message,'#28D')" checked="checked" > Could anyone please help me, I think I may have missed something somewhere, because it works if I point it back to "text_message" I am trying to change text in one cell of a table when a user selects an item from a select menu. The data for the select menu is being pulled from a database (which works fine). The select menu is displayed as expected; however the text in the div tag always comes up as "undefined" The code below is part of a PHP script (thus \" instead of ") I would like to employ a method that does not require extra Javascript in the <head> section as in this instance the code is being output from an include that is called long after the <head> area of the document is processed. Here is what I have Code: <tr><td><select name=\"race\" onchange=\"document.getElementById('ExtraInfo').firstChild.nodeValue = this.options[this.selectedIndex].extrainfo\">
<option selected=\"selected\" value=\"\">Select Race</option>\n";
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM races");$i=1;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$output .= "<option value=\"$i\" ExtraInfo=\"{$row['des']}\">{$row['race']}</option>\n";
$i++;
}
$output .= "</select></td>
<td><div id=\"ExtraInfo\">Select Race</div></td></tr>
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I found a solution to my problem: by replacing: Code: <select name=\"race\" onchange=\"document.getElementById('ExtraInfo').firstChild.nodeValue = this.options[this.selectedIndex].extrainfo\">
with this: Code: <select name=\"race\" onchange=\"document.getElementById('ExtraInfo').firstChild.nodeValue = this.options[this.selectedIndex].getAttribute('extrainfo')\">
I want to insert text to a textarea based on the selected text. It should insert tags like the buttons for posting on this form work. Ie: If 'bar' is selected, and I click 'b', then I get: Code: Foo bar frog becomes: Code: Foo <b>bar</b> frog I found some code that works for firefox, but I need it to work in explorer as well. Do you have any ideas or examples how to do this? Here's the code I'm currently using. ( Works right in ff3. In IE7 it appends the tags at the end of the text. I want it to insert based on my selection. ) Usage: Code: <a onclick="insertTags('<b>', '</b>', document.forms.formpost.text);return false;" href="javascript:void(0);">[ Bold ]</a>
insert function: Code: <script type="text/javascript">
// Surrounds the selected text with text1 and text2.
function insertTags(text1, text2, textarea)
{
// Can a text range be created?
if (typeof(textarea.caretPos) != "undefined" && textarea.createTextRange)
{
var caretPos = textarea.caretPos, temp_length = caretPos.text.length;
caretPos.text = caretPos.text.charAt(caretPos.text.length - 1) == ' ' ? text1 + caretPos.text + text2 + ' ' : text1 + caretPos.text + text2;
if (temp_length == 0)
{
caretPos.moveStart("character", -text2.length);
caretPos.moveEnd("character", -text2.length);
caretPos.select();
}
else
textarea.focus(caretPos);
}
// Mozilla text range wrap.
else if (typeof(textarea.selectionStart) != "undefined")
{
var begin = textarea.value.substr(0, textarea.selectionStart);
var selection = textarea.value.substr(textarea.selectionStart, textarea.selectionEnd - textarea.selectionStart);
var end = textarea.value.substr(textarea.selectionEnd);
var newCursorPos = textarea.selectionStart;
var scrollPos = textarea.scrollTop;
textarea.value = begin + text1 + selection + text2 + end;
if (textarea.setSelectionRange)
{
if (selection.length == 0)
textarea.setSelectionRange(newCursorPos + text1.length, newCursorPos + text1.length);
else
textarea.setSelectionRange(newCursorPos, newCursorPos + text1.length + selection.length + text2.length);
textarea.focus();
}
textarea.scrollTop = scrollPos;
}
// Just put them on the end, then.
else
{
textarea.value += text1 + text2;
textarea.focus(textarea.value.length - 1);
}
}
</script>
Is there anything out there that allows for a diagonal and vertical text capture in javascript or jQuery? I was not successful in finding anything. I have a game similar to word find that I've developed, but I need to be able to capture text vertically and diagonally. Otherwise, the only solution will be for me to do a by-click basis to capture items on the screen. I found the script below which handles horizontal capturing: Code: <script type="text/javascript">
document.body.style.cursor="url(3DArrow.cur), crosshair" ;
if (!window.Kolich){
Kolich = {};
}
Kolich.Selector = {};
Kolich.Selector.getSelected = function(){
var t = '';
if (window.getSelection){
t = window.getSelection();
}
else if(document.getSelection){
t = document.getSelection();
}
else if(document.selection){
t = document.selection.createRange().text;
}
return t;
}
Kolich.Selector.mouseup = function(){
var st = Kolich.Selector.getSelected();
sel_text=st.replace(/\s/gi,"");
if(st!=''){
alert("You selected:\n"+sel_text);
}
}
$(document).ready(function(){ $(document).bind("mouseup", Kolich.Selector.mouseup);});
</script>
Hi all, I made up a little test program to grab the mouse X and Y coordinates and plan to use it to allow users to resize a window. Anyway, the problem I'm having is that in MSIE-8, the mouse down and movement causes text to be selected (which I don't want). Here's is a screenshot from MSIE: And here is the test program live online: http://three-dog.homelinux.com/mouse/index.htm Notice that the text in the box is selected ... I don't want that to happen. Of course, it works just fine in Firefox, but not MSIE. I would appreciate if someone can tell me how to fix this (and if possible look at my code and see if I'm doing it right - I'm not very skilled at events yet). Thank you. -- Roger hello im attempting to display the output of the radio selection into the textbox. For example, if the user selects 0-15 then display "Your age group is 0-15 years" in the text area. i get the basic logic. i just dont understand how to display the value in the textbox. heres what i have so far if it will clarify my issue. Code: <html>
<head>
<title>lab 8</title>
<script language="javascript">
function textbox()
{
var i;
for(i = 0; i < form1.agegroup.length; i++)
{
if (form1.agegroup[i].checked)
alert("you picked " + form1.agegroup[i].value);
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
What is your age group?<br>
<form name="form1">
<input type="radio" name="agegroup" value="0-15" checked>0-15<br>
<input type="radio" name="agegroup" value="16 to 20">16 to 20<br>
<input type="radio" name="agegroup" value="21 to 25">21 to 25<br>
<input type="radio" name="agegroup" value="26 to 35">26 to 3<br>
<input type="radio" name="agegroup" value="36 and up">36 and up<br>
<input type="button" value="submit" onclick="textbox();">
<form name="form2"><textarea rows ="2">
</textarea>
</body>
</html>
btw i know the alert part is wrong. its there because im taking the code i previously had and changing it to display in a textbox instead of an alert. thanks Hi. I have developed a form all working fine but am struggling on the following. I need a checkbox for an item, when the checkbox is true the user can enter text in a text box, only if the checkbox is ticked. I have numerous items I need for this. Hope someone can help. Thanks Hi all, I have been struggling on a bit of code for a while now. I need to populate a second drop down list (Region) based upon the selection of the first (County). I have found a piece of code that works on its own and have adapted to suit my needs - see below. However, when I drop it into my main page the javascript is not working. It's because of the formObject but I just don't know enough to resolve this! Furthermore, I need the textboxes the user has already completed in the form to retain their value once the javascript kicks in as the completed form will submit to a database. This piece of code is working well . . . . Code: <?php
$link = mysql_connect('myhost', 'myusername', 'mypassword') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('mydatabase') or die('Could not select database');
if(isset($_GET["County"]) && is_numeric($_GET["County"]))
{
$County = $_GET["County"];
}
if(isset($_GET["Region"]) && is_numeric($_GET["Region"]))
{
$Region = $_GET["Region"];
}
?>
<script language="JavaScript">
function autoSubmit()
{
var formObject = document.forms['theForm'];
formObject.submit();
}
</script>
<form name="theForm" method="get">
<!-- County SELECTION BASED ON city VALUE -->
<?php
?>
<select name="County" onChange="autoSubmit();">
<option value=''</option>
<?php
//POPULATE DROP DOWN MENU WITH COUNTRIES FROM A GIVEN city
$sql = "SELECT * FROM county_regions";
$counties = mysql_query($sql,$link);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($counties))
{
echo ("<option value=\"$row[CountyID]\" " . ($County == $row["CountyID"]? " selected" : "") . ">$row[County]</option>");
}
?>
</select>
<?php
?>
<br><br>
<?php
if($County!= null && is_numeric($County))
{
?>
<select name="Region" onChange="autoSubmit();">
<?php
//POPULATE DROP DOWN MENU WITH RegionS FROM A GIVEN city, County
$sql = "SELECT * FROM county_regions WHERE CountyID = $County ";
$Regions = mysql_query($sql,$link);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($Regions))
{
echo ("<option value=\"$row[CountyID]\" " . ($Region == $row["CountyID"]? " selected" : "") . ">$row[Region]</option>");
}
?>
</select>
<?php
}
?>
What follows is my form where the javascript is not working - edited quite a bit to save on space! Code:
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function autoSubmit()
{
var formObject = document.forms['subform'];
formObject.submit();
}
</script>
</head>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="add_attraction01.php" FORM NAME="FormName">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="32768" />
<label for="Business_name">Business Name</label>
<input type="text" size="60" STYLE="color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; background-color: #72A4D2;"
<id="Business_name" name="Business_name" maxlength=60/><font size="1" face="arial" color="red">Required field</font><br />
<label for="StreetAddress">Address</label>
<input type="text" size="60" rows="2" id="StreetAddress" name="StreetAddress" maxlength=120/><font size="1" face="arial" color="red">Required field</font><br />
<label for="Town">Town</label> <input type="text" size="25" id="Town" name="Town" maxlength=25/><font size="1" face="arial" color="red">Required field</font><br />
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('myhost', 'myusername', 'mypassword') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('mydatabase') or die('Could not select database');
if(isset($_GET["County"]) && is_numeric($_GET["County"]))
{
$County = $_GET["County"];
}
if(isset($_GET["Region"]) && is_numeric($_GET["Region"]))
{
$Region = $_GET["Region"];
}
?>
<form name = "subform" method="get">
<select name="County" onChange="autoSubmit();">
<option value=''</option>
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM county_regions";
$counties = mysql_query($sql,$link);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($counties))
{
echo ("<option value=\"$row[CountyID]\" " . ($County == $row["CountyID"]? " selected" : "") . ">$row[County]</option>");
}
?>
</select>
<?php
?>
<br><br>
<?php
if($County!= null && is_numeric($County))
{
?>
<select name="Region" onChange="autoSubmit();">
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM county_regions WHERE CountyID = $County ";
$Regions = mysql_query($sql,$link);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($Regions))
{
echo ("<option value=\"$row[CountyID]\" " . ($Region == $row["CountyID"]? " selected" : "") . ">$row[Region]</option>");
}
?>
</select>
<?php
}
?>
<input type="text" size="20"id="Tel_No" name="Tel_No" maxlength=20 onkeypress="return isNumberKey(event)"/><font size="1" face="arial" color="red">Required field</font><br />
<br/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit your attraction" name="submit" onclick="return BothFieldsIdenticalCaseSensitive();"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
It's probably obvious to you guys!! Thanks in advance for your help. What am I doing wrong here? I am trying to make it where the user can name the link whatever he/she wants.... I think it might be this part... links[i] = name.linkPosition.value; Where linkPosition is a variable. Can I do this? Or is there another way? Code:
<div id="navBar">
<ul>
<li><a href="#" id="link0"><script>document.write(links[0]);</script></a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="link1"><script>document.write(links[1]);</script></a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="link2"><script>document.write(links[2]);</script></a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="link3"><script>document.write(links[3]);</script></a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="link4"><script>document.write(links[4]);</script></a></li>
</ul>
</div><!--end navBar -->
<form>
<label style="color: #FFF;">Change name of links! You can only change them once!</label><br />
<input type="text" class="customLink" size="15" name="link0" onblur="this.value=removeSpaces(this.value);" maxlength="8"/>
<input type="text" class="customLink" size="15" name="link1" onblur="this.value=removeSpaces(this.value);" maxlength="8"/>
<input type="text" class="customLink" size="15" name="link2" onblur="this.value=removeSpaces(this.value);" maxlength="8"/>
<input type="text" class="customLink" size="15" name="link3" onblur="this.value=removeSpaces(this.value);" maxlength="8"/>
<input type="text" class="customLink" size="15" name="link4" onblur="this.value=removeSpaces(this.value);" maxlength="8"/>
<input type="button" onclick="replaceLinks(this.form)" value="Replace Link Names!" />
</form>
Code: <script>
var links = new Array("home", "portfolio", "stuff", "about me", "contact");
function replaceLinks(name){
for (var i=0; i<=4; i++) {
var linkPosition = "link"+i;
links[i] = name.linkPosition.value;
changeLink(i);
}
}
function changeLink(number) {
document.getElementById("link"+number).innerHTML="<span style=\"text-transform: capitalize;\">" + links[number] + "</span>";
}
</script>
ANY HELP WOULD BE AWESOME!!! I just replaced the functions to look like this... Code: function replaceLinks(name){
for (var i=0; i<=4; i++) {
links[i] = name.linker+i.value;
changeLink(i);
}
}
function changeLink(linkNumber) {
document.getElementById("link"+linkNumber).innerHTML="<span style=\"text-transform: capitalize;\">" + links[linkNumber] + "</span>";
}
Now the links are updating but I get NaN for each link. Hey guys, I just joined the forums (literally) and just started coding (mainly with CSS and HTML) about 3-4 weeks ago. I'd really like to get into JavaScript to make cool things happen on my website. With that being said, I've come up with a pretty cool idea but am not sure how to go about my problem. Enough with the chit chat. What I'm trying to do is add text to a user's input. For instance, if they write "Hello", the function should automatically add "World" to the output. I'd ideally like for the output to be searched on Google (think search engine) with the results displayed on a new page. Thanks in advance for any help! Need help with my text box. I want to make it so if i have several text boxes only one number can be entered once. So if i type the number 15 in the first text box and type 15 in the second text box an error will occur saying you cant enter the same number twice. Any idea how to do this? Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script>
function checkForInvalid(obj) {
obj.value = obj.value.replace(/[^0-9\-]|(-{2,})/gi, (RegExp.$1.indexOf("-") > -1) ? "-" : "");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myForm">
<input type="text" name="one" onkeyup="checkForInvalid(this)">
<br>
<input type="text" name="two" onkeyup="checkForInvalid(this)">
<br>
<input type="text" name="three" onkeyup="checkForInvalid(this)">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Thanks Hey everyone, I've looked around quite a bit and can't seem to find anything but I was wondering if there is some open source software offering a text editor/input field similar to the one used on this forum when submitting a comment or thread? Where you can click a bold button or Italic button or URL button to structure it? Thanks Josh Is it possible to dynamically change the value of text on a page as the user types into a text box? E.g. like: You Are Typing: <script> var keyword = document.getElementById('string'); document.write(keyword); </script> Or I could probably insert it into a function and loop it over and over again or is there a better way? |
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