/** * insertAtCaret function by sebagr.com * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/946534/insert-text-into-textarea-with-jquery/2819568#2819568 */ jQuery.fn.extend({ insertAtCaret: function(myValue){ return this.each(function(i) { if (document.selection) { this.focus(); sel = document.selection.createRange(); sel.text = myValue; this.focus(); } else if (this.selectionStart || this.selectionStart == '0') { var startPos = this.selectionStart; var endPos = this.selectionEnd; var scrollTop = this.scrollTop; this.value = this.value.substring(0, startPos)+myValue+this.value.substring(endPos,this.value.length); this.focus(); this.selectionStart = startPos + myValue.length; this.selectionEnd = startPos + myValue.length; this.scrollTop = scrollTop; } else { this.value += myValue; this.focus(); } }) } });