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place cursor where i want when adding something to textarea


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so i have this function that works that adds the code tags but how do i re-arrange this to have the cursor in the middle of the tags????

 

<html>
<head>
<script language="Javascript">

function addsmile(smiley) {
  doc_content = document.myForm.myField.value + smiley
  document.myForm.myField.value = doc_content
  document.myForm.myField.focus()
}

</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name='myForm' id='myForm'>
<textarea name='myField' id='myField'></textarea>
<a href='#' onclick="javascript:addsmile('[whatever][/whatever]')">Click</a>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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