How can I replace the selected word in a textarea from JavaScript?
Created May 7, 2012
Ravi Verelly A solution that works in IE5+. Credit goes to Dave Clark.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>replace</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--//
var seltext = null;
var repltext = null;
function replaceit()
{
seltext = (document.all)? document.selection.createRange() : document.getSelection();
var selit = (document.all)? document.selection.createRange().text : document.getSelection();
if (selit.length>=1){
if (seltext) {
repltext= prompt('Please enter the word to replace:', ' ');
if ((repltext==' ')||(repltext==null)) repltext=seltext.text;
seltext.text = repltext;
window.focus()
}
}
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form name="f">
<textarea cols='40' rows='10' name='msg'></textarea>
<input type="button" name="b" value="Replace" onClick="replaceit();">
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>