I have a div and there is a text in it.I want a part of that text to be selected programmatically according position value of characters.
Try using .html()
, String.prototype.slice()
. To select "llo world" call .slice()
with parameters 3, 12
$("#textdiv").html(function(i, html) {
var selected = html.slice(3, 12);
return html.replace(new RegExp("("+selected+")"), "<mark>$1</mark>")
})
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="textdiv">
Hello world. I am a friend.
</div>
Here is a simple way to to this:
function selectTextRange(obj, start, stop) {
var endNode, startNode = endNode = obj.firstChild
startNode.nodeValue = startNode.nodeValue.trim();
var range = document.createRange();
range.setStart(startNode, start);
range.setEnd(endNode, stop + 1);
var sel = window.getSelection();
sel.removeAllRanges();
sel.addRange(range);
}
selectTextRange(document.getElementById('textdiv'), 3, 10);
<div id="textdiv">
Hello world. I am a friend.
</div>
Text highlight:
function highlightRange(el, start, end) {
var text = el.textContent.trim()
el.innerHTML = text.substring(0, start) +
'<span style="background:yellow">' +
text.substring(start, end) +
"</span>" + text.substring(end);
}
highlightRange(document.getElementById("textdiv"), 3, 10)
<div id="textdiv">
Hello world. I am a friend.
</div>
Code without any error checking ahead. Use at your own risk!
function highlight(pattern) {
var text = $("#textdiv").text();
var around = text.split(pattern);
$("#textdiv").html(around[0] + "<span class='highlight'>" + pattern + "</span>" + around[1]);
}
$(document).ready(function() {
highlight("world");
})
.highlight {
background-color: yellow;
}
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.0.min.js"></script>
<div id="textdiv">
Hello world. I'm Hugo!
</div>