Tinymce – Is it possible to get caret position of textarea corresponding to WYSIWYG Editor?

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Question by user1643156

I’m wondering if we can get the real caret position of textarea when the fake cursor is in certain position under WYSIWYG Editor?

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Under WYSIWYG mode, when the cursor is after s, we get position 53. and when the cursor is after t, we get position 79.

The code would be something like…

function getRealCaretPosition() {
    // all the dirty work goes here
}

// Ctrl + Q
if(e.ctrlKey && e.which == 81) {
    var pos = getRealCaretPosition();
    alert(pos);
}

Is this possible to be achieved, in theory?

Answer 1

Answer by Starx

Starx

Yes, there is a topic covered on tinyMCE illustrating this:

var inst = getInstanceById('editor/elementid');
var myBookmark = inst.getBookmark();

// do something, move the cursor position
inst.moveToBookmark(myBookmark);

Source: Check other solution from here, if these dont work.

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Tinymce – Is it possible to get caret position of textarea corresponding to WYSIWYG Editor?

Question by user1643156

Answer by Starx

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