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| ''Note: This is only tested with Firefox 0.9.1+, but should work with everything else. Change this note if it works for you ;)''
| | #REDIRECT [[Inserting text at cursor]] |
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| ==Problem==
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| How do I insert some text at cursor position, just as if user typed it?
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| ==Solution==
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| Let's say you have a ''focused'' <textbox> in ''current document''. The following function will insert <tt>aText</tt> string at the cursor position.
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| <pre>function insertText(aText) {
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| try {
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| var command = "cmd_insertText";
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| var controller = document.commandDispatcher.getControllerForCommand(command);
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| if (controller && controller.isCommandEnabled(command)) {
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| controller = controller.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsICommandController);
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| var params = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/embedcomp/command-params;1"];
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| params = params.createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsICommandParams);
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| params.setStringValue("state_data", aText);
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| controller.doCommandWithParams(command, params);
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| }
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| }
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| catch (e) {
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| dump("Can't do cmd_insertText! ");
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| dump(e+"\n")
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| }
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| }</pre>
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| Known restriction: <textbox> must be focused. If it isn't, you have to focus it temporarily.
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Latest revision as of 01:14, 12 March 2005
