jQuery .append help

[Andy11548]

Hello,

 

I'm trying to create a button that will put text into a <textarea>. I've got this half working, so when I press the Button it puts in

 

<textarea>
[b][/b]
</textarea>

 

However, if I delete that or type something else, when I press the button again, it does nothing.

 

Could anyone help?

 

$('#bbcode_bold').click(function() {
	$('#topicMessage').append('[b][/b]');
});

[cs.punk]

I think you accidentally marked this as solved.

 

If I guessed correctly you want to surround the current text in the textarea to be surrounded with those tags?

 

I'm guessing you'd need to prepend it first with '' and then append it with ''.

[Andy11548]

Nope, I solved what I wanted, however, you've managed to read my mind on what I need help with next.

 

How would I make it get the highlighted text from the textarea and output it into a variable?

 

I've done quite a bit of research on this and have not found a solution to this yet.

 

If you could help me with this it would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Thanks,

Andy.

[Christian F.]

I think you'll find this google search quite interesting.