Paste the HTML element into the contentEditable element

Question

I have a contentEditable div where I want to insert HTML tags (simple span element).

Is there a cross-browser solution that allows me to insert those tags into my choice of div or cursor position. If something else is selected on the page (and not in the div), I want to add the tag to the end of the div.

thank

Answer 1

Here is the kickstart

// get the selection range (or cursor     position)
var range = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0); 
// create a span
var newElement = document.createElement('span');
newElement.id = 'myId';
newElement.innerHTML = 'Hello World!';

// if the range is in #myDiv ;)
if(range.startContainer.parentNode.id==='myDiv') {
   // delete whatever is on the range
   range.deleteContents();
   // place your span
   range.insertNode(newElement);
}

I don't have IE, but it works fine on firefox, chrome and safari. You might want to play with range.startContainer to continue only if the selection is made on the contentEditable div.

: quirksmode window.getSelection(), IE.

var userSelection;
if (window.getSelection) {
    userSelection = window.getSelection();
}
else if (document.selection) { // should come last; Opera!
    userSelection = document.selection.createRange();
}

Answer 2

( IE 6). , <div> , ( ) <div>.

: http://www.jsfiddle.net/timdown/XGSyn/

:

function isOrContainsNode(ancestor, descendant) {
    var node = descendant;
    while (node) {
        if (node === ancestor) return true;
        node = node.parentNode;
    }
    return false;
}

function insertNodeOverSelection(node, containerNode) {
    var sel, range, html;
    if (window.getSelection) {
        sel = window.getSelection();
        if (sel.getRangeAt && sel.rangeCount) {
            range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
            if (isOrContainsNode(containerNode, range.commonAncestorContainer)) {
                range.deleteContents();
                range.insertNode(node);
            } else {
                containerNode.appendChild(node);
            }
        }
    } else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
        range = document.selection.createRange();
        if (isOrContainsNode(containerNode, range.parentElement())) {
            html = (node.nodeType == 3) ? node.data : node.outerHTML;
            range.pasteHTML(html);
        } else {
            containerNode.appendChild(node);
        }
    }
}