Know word at text insertion pointer on a webpage?

Question

Hi,

I would like to know the word at the position of the text insertion pointer in a form on a webpage. My problem is that I don't really know what language to use to do this, and I have no idea how to do it in Javascript.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You are looking for

get caret position javascript IE firefox

http://blog.vishalon.net/index.php/javascript-getting-and-setting-caret-position-in-textarea/

Here is how to find moused over word on page

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2444430/how-to-get-a-word-under-cursor-using-javascript

Answer 2

Thanks for the links, I guess that answers my question. Stackoverflow.com ROCKS!