Have you figured this out yet? I'm still trying to make it work. You can do a getSelection() to get the Selection object in Mozilla. Then use http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:Selection to modify and read the cursor position.
The problem is, the Selection object methods are sort of difficult to work with, and i can't get it to work for the life of me. -Najib On Jun 19, 5:27 pm, juodas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have an interesting (at least for me :) problem and I guess I'm trying > to solve it somehow backwards, so it would be better to consult more > experienced ones javascripters. > > I have to replace some text sequences in editable area (it may be > editable div or iframes body with design mode on) on a fly. > I mean if user types 'foo' it has to become 'bar' if user types 'f oo' > and latter deletes space it should become 'bar', if user pastes text > "foo was fooing on fooland" it has to become "bar was baring on > barland". That is - on every text change no matter where and how much > sequences of 'foo' appear, all of them have to become 'bar'. > > Problem source: > STEP 1: after catching modification event (for example onkeyup), I get > innerHTML of editable element > STEP 2: and execute appropriate regexp on result > STEP 3: and latter assign it back to editable lelements.innerHTML > > PROBLEM RESULT: i loose cursor position in text. > > I have tried to use selection object, but either used it in wrong way > either the reason is in reassigning innerHTML (that causes recreation of > editable elements child nodes and old stored selection becomes invalid). > > Question is: how correctly to do above mentioned 'foo' -> 'bar' replace > without loosing cursors position, or how to bring cursor back where it > had been before replacement of content to new one? > > Big thanks to everyone who will give any idea - as I'm knocking my head > to the table and trying not to bite the neck (cord) of my mouse (to make > it bleeeead!! argh... at least for the last free days. :) > > P.S. sorry if cross posting to javascript, editor & dom is a bit too > much - just all these three seemed quite related to my question from > different points. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-editor mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-editor
