Insert text into a textarea....

adamsoderqvist · Jun 25, 2002

Is there a way of inserting text snippets into a HTML text area?

Lets say I have a <textarea></textarea> html code in my web site document and want the user to be able to click a button and that way be able to insert a text snippet.

Example:

Maybe the user want to insert a predefined text on the spot in the textarea where the cursor is. What would the code be?

Tricky one...

SashiRaveendran · Jun 25, 2002

may be something like this...
<HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>
<script>
var string1 = "this is string1"
var string2 = "this is string2"
function ShowString(stringNum)
{
eval("document.form1.txtSnippet.value=string"+stringNum);
}
</script>

<form name=form1>
<textarea name="txtSnippet" rows=5 cols=20></textarea>
</form>

<input type=Button onclick="ShowString(1)" value="Snippet 1">
  
<input type=Button onclick="ShowString(2)" value="Snippet 2">

</BODY></HTML>

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Insert text into a textarea....

adamsoderqvist

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SashiRaveendran

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