is there anyway to wrap textarea text with tags ? Javascript/Jquery
B = Bold I = Italic U = Underline S = Strike
For example:
-+-+-+-+-
B I U S
-+-+-+-+-
<textarea>
Some text here
</textarea>
When i highlight "here" and then click on bold its will be smth like this.
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B I U S
-+-+-+-+-
<textarea>
Some text [b]here[/b]
</textarea>
Hope i will find solution and this is it thanks.
this is the solution
function wrapText(elementID, openTag, closeTag) {
var textArea = $('#' + elementID);
var len = textArea.val().length;
var start = textArea[0].selectionStart;
var end = textArea[0].selectionEnd;
var selectedText = textArea.val().substring(start, end);
var replacement = openTag + selectedText + closeTag;
textArea.val(textArea.val().substring(0, start) + replacement + textArea.val().substring(end, len));
}
useage
console.log(parseBB('[b]hello [/b][u]world[/u]'));
console.log(parseBB(document.getElementById('textareaID').value));
console.log(parseBB($('#textareaID').val()));
test case
$('#output-container').html(parseBB($('#textareaID').val()));
..
function parseBB(string){
var _string = string.replace(/\n/g, '<br>'),
parseExp = new RegExp(/^(.*)\[(b|u|i|s)\]([A-Za-z0-9 ._-]+)\[\/[a-z]+\](.*)$/g);
(function run(){
if(parseExp.test(_string)){
_string = _string.replace(parseExp , '$1<$2>$3</$2>$4');
run();
}
})();
return _string;
}
