Insert text in Javascript contenteditable div

Question

I have a problem where I need to insert a text (string, may or may not have html tags) to a div. It has to be a div and not a textarea.

Is there anyway to do that? F

Answer 1

Here's a cross-browser example, adapted from this answer to work with iframes.

function pasteHtmlAtCaret(html, selectPastedContent, iframe) {
    var sel, range;
    var win = iframe ? iframe.contentWindow : window;
    var doc = win.document;
    if (win.getSelection) {
        // IE9 and non-IE
        sel = win.getSelection();
        if (sel.getRangeAt && sel.rangeCount) {
            range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
            range.deleteContents();

            // Range.createContextualFragment() would be useful here but is
            // only relatively recently standardized and is not supported in
            // some browsers (IE9, for one)
            var el = doc.createElement("div");
            el.innerHTML = html;
            var frag = doc.createDocumentFragment(), node, lastNode;
            while ( (node = el.firstChild) ) {
                lastNode = frag.appendChild(node);
            }
            var firstNode = frag.firstChild;
            range.insertNode(frag);

            // Preserve the selection
            if (lastNode) {
                range = range.cloneRange();
                range.setStartAfter(lastNode);
                if (selectPastedContent) {
                    range.setStartBefore(firstNode);
                } else {
                    range.collapse(true);
                }
                sel.removeAllRanges();
                sel.addRange(range);
            }
        }
    } else if ( (sel = doc.selection) && sel.type != "Control") {
        // IE < 9
        var originalRange = sel.createRange();
        originalRange.collapse(true);
        sel.createRange().pasteHTML(html);
        if (selectPastedContent) {
            range = sel.createRange();
            range.setEndPoint("StartToStart", originalRange);
            range.select();
        }
    }
}