After research, i came accross few answers by @Tim Down but still did not quench my thirst. What i want is to delete the contents of range containing the word before or upon carret in contenteditable div. Assuming | represent carret position.
Example: @TimDown is a #GoodJavascriptProgrammer| and ....
if i click a delete button, i should delete word #GoodJavascriptProgrammer with # symbol included and set cursor back to its position. see my fiddle delete last string before carret
function delete_last_word_at_carret(el){
if(window.getSelection){//Webkits and Firefox code
var sel=document.getSelection();
if(sel.getRangeAt && sel.rangeCount){
range=sel.getRangeAt(0);//assume this is required range
range.deleteContents();
//the word #GoodJavascriptProgrammer should be deleted
//and cursor set back to the right position
set_cursor();
}
}
else if(document.selection){//IE code
//help with code here
}
}
function set_cursor(){
//return cursor
}
//click the delete button
$('.delete_bt').click(function(){
var el=document.getElementById('editable_div');
delete_last_word_at_carret(el);
});