jQuery replace marked text
javascript, jquery, replace
Solution
You could try something like this,
var markArea = $('.ElementText textarea').get(0);
var startStr = markArea.value.substring(0,markArea.selectionStart);
var endStr = markArea.value.substring(markArea.selectionEnd);
var text = startStr +"REPLACEMENT VALUE HERE"+ endStr;
$('.ElementText textarea').val(text);
I'd play with this a little it might be off by 1 on either the startStr or endStr (I always mess that up :/ ) but this should do what you're looking to do.
Problem
I am trying to replace specific highlighted(marked) text from element. This is how I get the highlighted text so far: ``` var markArea = $('.ElementText textarea').get(0); var text = markArea.value.substring(markArea.selectionStart, markArea.selectionEnd); ``` So if I have something like this in the textarea: "apple banana apple orange" and mark the third word (apple) I want to replace exactly what I have marked without any other occurrences of "apple" in the textarea. Is there a way to specify the start and end area where the code should look for replacement in the string?