Finding the position of the cursor in a text box & Rich formated <textarea>

[Michael]

Question 1
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I am writing an advanced BBCode system for my forums and I would like
to be able to find where the cursor was positioned last in the text so
I could insert the BBCode there.

Question 2
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Again I am writing an advanced BBCode system for my forums and I would
like to make is so that when someone puts in a tag it goes bold, so
kind of a WYSIWYG editor and also for other things like tags and
[url] tags. So could someone tell me how to do that. I would preferably
like it to still use the textarea tag, or at least a form component so
my existing code works.

 

[VK]

Question 1

Something like
<http://www.alexking.org/blog/2003/06/02/inserting-at-the-cursor-using-javascript/>

Cursor position in textarea is one of DOM model failures: evidently
needed, idiotically complicated to get.

Question 2
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Again I am writing an advanced BBCode system for my forums and I would
like to make is so that when someone puts in a tag it goes bold, so
kind of a WYSIWYG editor and also for other things like tags and
[url] tags. So could someone tell me how to do that. I would preferably
like it to still use the textarea tag, or at least a form component so
my existing code works.[/QUOTE]

Here's oopsy :-(

Textarea has the atomic formatting: so you can apply any style but to
the entire textarea only. You need to use <div>, <iframe> etc.
JavaScript WYSIWYG editors of all quality and capabilities around the
Web, as it's one of preffered programming toys. I would suggest to look
for a suitable widget:
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=wysiwyg+editor+javascript&btnG=Search>

(Unless you are planning to use WYSIWYG programming to learn JavaScript
on your own)

 

[Michael]

Ok, thanks that helps. I will probably not bother with the WYSIWYG
editor for a little while because it will obviously need alot of work,
but I will implement the cursor position thing soon though.