There's document.selection property. It changes with document.onclick. To select an element dynamically, document.selection.createRange is available. There are other properties in the document.selection object.
I found a good reference here: http://www.webreference.com/js/column12/crossbrowser.html Any suggestion how I should do that? On Dec 24, 6:47 pm, Kean <shenan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting idea, but, owing to your idea, I am more interested in > knowing if there's a way to determine current active keyboard cursor > offset in document. > > On Dec 24, 1:26 am, Sam Unplugged <guptasamee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Is there an example of partial autocomplete? By 'partial' I mean, only > > a part of textarea gets suggestions. > > > Users in my project are supposed to start a message in a textarea with > > 'Dear <UserName>' > > > I want to make this <UserName> part either clickable like in Office > > documents custom fields, and when a user is editing this part I want > > to show a list of options (usernames from a database). > > > I can work out the backend, but I have no clue where to begin to make > > such a textarea. Please help. > > > Thanks a ton. > > > Sam
