Insert text at the cursor position to a CKEditor using jQuery

Question

I'm trying to add a piece of text to an existing CKEditor using jQuery. This needs to be done when a link is clicked.

I tried this solution, which works for regular textareas, but not for CKEditor:

jQuery.fn.extend({
  insertAtCaret: function(myValue) {
    return this.each(function(i) {
      if (document.selection) {
        //For browsers like Internet Explorer
        this.focus();
        sel = document.selection.createRange();
        sel.text = myValue;
        this.focus();
      } else if (this.selectionStart || this.selectionStart == '0') {
        //For browsers like Firefox and Webkit based
        var startPos = this.selectionStart;
        var endPos = this.selectionEnd;
        var scrollTop = this.scrollTop;
        this.value = this.value.substring(0, startPos) + myValue + this.value.substring(endPos, this.value.length);
        this.focus();
        this.selectionStart = startPos + myValue.length;
        this.selectionEnd = startPos + myValue.length;
        this.scrollTop = scrollTop;
      } else {
        this.value += myValue;
        this.focus();
      }
    })
  }
});

There is also an option to use: $('#editor').val(), but this appends the text at the end or the beginning and not at the cursor.

So, is there a way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

You should use this

$.fn.insertAtCaret = function (myValue) {
    myValue = myValue.trim();
    CKEDITOR.instances['idofeditor'].insertText(myValue);
};