Getting a certain character closest from cursor in a textarea

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So here is what i am trying to achieve. I have a text area. In it I can write something like:

"This is <html> and this is <java>"

What i am doing is trigger a suggestion list when a '<' is inserted. My problem is how do i get the value from the '<' until the cursor so that i can replace it if a suggestion is picked from the list. So say I start writing

"This is <ht"

How do i get the 'ht' here if my cursor is right after it? I should be able to get achieve this even on the nth tag. So for

"This is <html> and <java> plus <ph"

I should get me "ph"

Answer 1

Have you tried using a caret plugin ? It has a function that allows you to replace the highlighted text.

Getting a certain character closest from cursor in a textarea

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solution1
0 2011-11-01 04:52:10

Getting a certain character closest from cursor in a textarea

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1 answers

solution1 0 2011-11-01 04:52:10

solution1
0 2011-11-01 04:52:10