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Created November 19, 2010 03:00
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$(document).ready( function() {
$('#ClickWordList li').click(function() {
$("#txtMessage").insertAtCaret($(this).text());
return false
});
$("#DragWordList li").draggable({helper: 'clone'});
$(".txtDropTarget").droppable({
accept: "#DragWordList li",
drop: function(ev, ui) {
$(this).insertAtCaret(ui.draggable.text());
}
});
});
$.fn.insertAtCaret = function (myValue) {
return this.each(function(){
//IE support
if (document.selection) {
this.focus();
sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = myValue;
this.focus();
}
//MOZILLA / NETSCAPE support
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();
}
});
};
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