Im not sure if i get what you want to do but
try this:
$div=$('#div');
div.data('old',div.html());2009/6/5 dhoover <dh.ferm...@gmail.com> > > I have a web app where I have created a div to masquerade at a > textarea so I can add highlighting according to so rules. I rely on > setting designmode=true. After certain amounts of idle time my code > grabs the text from the div, which consists of <p> tags and <span> > tags and re-generates the html with new spans. The paragraphs and text > stay the same. So far so good. But when the div "repaints" the > insertion is set to the beginning of the div. I want it to visually > stay put, meaning I need to somehow record where it was before and > then restore it afterwards. > > Problem is, I can't seem to get my head wrapped around how selections > (Ranges, etc.) work. I've been googling around for the last day or so > and have not yet seen the light. > > Any ideas? > -- Gustavo Salome Silva
