How can I insert text/code at the cursors place in a div created by NicEdit?
I've tried to read the documentation and create my own plugin, but I want it to work without the tool bar (Modal Window)
How can I insert text/code at the cursors place in a div created by NicEdit?
I've tried to read the documentation and create my own plugin, but I want it to work without the tool bar (Modal Window)
This is a quick solution and tested in firefox only. But it works and should be adaptable for IE and other browsers.
function insertAtCursor(editor, value){
var editor = nicEditors.findEditor(editor);
var range = editor.getRng();
var editorField = editor.selElm();
editorField.nodeValue = editorField.nodeValue.substring(0, range.startOffset) +
value +
editorField.nodeValue.substring(range.endOffset, editorField.nodeValue.length);
}
The way I solved this was to make the nicEdit Instance div droppable, using jQuery UI; but to also make all of the elements within the div droppable.
$('div.nicEdit-main').droppable({
activeClass: 'dropReady',
hoverClass: 'dropPending',
drop: function(event,ui) {
$(this).find('.cursor').removeClass('cursor');
},
over: function(event, ui) {
if($(this).find('.cursor').length == 0) {
var insertEl = $('<span class="cursor"/>').append($(ui.draggable).attr('value'));
$(this).append(insertEl);
}
},
out: function(event, ui) {
$(this).find('.cursor').remove();
},
greedy: true
});
$('div.nicEdit-main').find('*').droppable({
activeClass: 'dropReady',
hoverClass: 'dropPending',
drop: function(event,ui) {
$(this).find('.cursor').removeClass('cursor');
},
over: function(event, ui) {
var insertEl = $('<span class="cursor"/>').append($(ui.draggable).attr('value'));
$(this).append(insertEl);
},
out: function(event, ui) {
$(this).find('.cursor').remove();
},
greedy: true
});
Then make your code or text draggable:
$('.field').draggable({
appendTo: '.content', //This is just a higher level DOM element
revert: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
zIndex: 1500, // Make sure draggable drags above everything else
containment: 'DOM',
helper: 'clone' //Clone it while dragging (keep original intact)
});
Then finally make sure you set the value of the draggable element to what you want to insert, and/or modify the code below to insert the element (span) of your choice.
$sHTML .= "<div class='field' value='{{".$config[0]."}}'>".$config[1]."</div>";
Don't know if this will help or not, but this is the plugin I created for inserting Html at the cursor position. The button opens a content pane and I just paste in the html I want and submit. Works for me!
var nicMyhtmlOptions = {
buttons : {
'html' : {name : 'Insert Html', type : 'nicMyhtmlButton'}
},iconFiles : {'html' : '/nicedit/html_add.gif'}
};
var nicMyhtmlButton=nicEditorAdvancedButton.extend({
addPane: function () {
this.addForm({
'': { type: 'title', txt: 'Insert Html' },
'code' : {type : 'content', 'value' : '', style : {width: '340px', height : '200px'}}
});
},
submit : function(e) {
var mycode = this.inputs['code'].value;
this.removePane();
this.ne.nicCommand('insertHTML', mycode );
}
});
nicEditors.registerPlugin(nicPlugin,nicMyhtmlOptions);
I used the html_add icon from Silk Icons, pasted onto a transparent 18 x 18 and saved as gif in the same folder as nicEditorIcons.gif.
It works for me when I use:
function neInsertHTML(value){
$('.nicEdit-main').focus(); // Without focus it wont work!
// Inserts into first instance, you can replace it by nicEditors.findEditor('ID');
myNicEditor.nicInstances[0].nicCommand('InsertHTML', value);
}
A response to @Reto: This code works, I just needed to add some fix because it doesn't insert anything if text area is empty. Also it adds only plain text. Here is the code if anybody need it:
if(editorField.nodeValue==null){
editor.setContent('<strong>Your content</strong>');
}else{
editorField.nodeValue = editorField.nodeValue.substring(0, range.startOffset) +
'<strong>Your content</strong>' +
editorField.nodeValue.substring(range.endOffset, editorField.nodeValue.length);
editor.setContent(editorField.nodeValue);
}
Change follwoing in NicEdit.js File
Updated from Reto Aebersold Ans It will handle Null Node exception, if text area is empty
update: function (A) {
(this.options.command);
if (this.options.command == 'InsertBookmark') {
var editor = nicEditors.findEditor("cpMain_area2");
var range = editor.getRng();
var editorField = editor.selElm();
// alert(editorField.content);
if (editorField.nodeValue == null) {
// editorField.setContent('"' + A + '"')
var oldStr = A.replace("<<", "").replace(">>", "");
editorField.setContent("<<" + oldStr + ">>");
}
else {
// alert('Not Null');
// alert(editorField.nodeValue + ' ' + A);
editorField.nodeValue = editorField.nodeValue.substring(0, range.startOffset) + A + editorField.nodeValue.substring(range.endOffset, editorField.nodeValue.length);
}
}
else {
// alert(A);
/* END HERE */
this.ne.nicCommand(this.options.command, A);
}
This function work when nicEdit textarea is empty or cursor is in the blank or new line.
function addToCursorPosition(textareaId,value) {
var editor = nicEditors.findEditor(textareaId);
var range = editor.getRng();
var editorField = editor.selElm();
var start = range.startOffset;
var end = range.endOffset;
if (editorField.nodeValue != null) {
editorField.nodeValue = editorField.nodeValue.substring(0, start) +
value +
editorField.nodeValue.substring(end, editorField.nodeValue.length);
}
else {
var content = nicEditors.findEditor(textareaId).getContent().split("<br>");
var linesCount = 0;
var before = "";
var after = "";
for (var i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
if (linesCount < start) {
before += content[i] + "<br>";
}
else {
after += content[i] + "<br>";
}
linesCount++;
if (content[i]!="") {
linesCount++;
}
}
nicEditors.findEditor(textareaId).setContent(before + value + after);
}
}