[wp-hackers] Plugin to insert a link, how do I handle the selected text?

[Computer Guru]

Can't you refer to the original link insertion dialog for TinyMCE?

Computer Guru
NeoSmart Technologies
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Callum Macdonald
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:11 AM
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: [wp-hackers] Plugin to insert a link, how do I handle the
> selected text?
> 
> G'day,
> 
> I'm working on a plugin that adds a couple of buttons to the editors
> (using Photopress as a base) and then pops up a list of links to insert
> into the post. However, I can't figure out how to detect if text is
> currently selected in the editor, and if so, wrap the link around that
> text. My current code is:
> function pluginInsertLink(linkcode) {
> var winder = window.opener ? window.opener : window.dialogArguments;
>     if ( !winder ) {
>         winder = top;
>     }
>     tinyMCE = winder.tinyMCE;
>     if ( typeof tinyMCE != "undefined" &&
> tinyMCE.getInstanceById("content") ) {
>         tinyMCE.selectedInstance.getWin().focus();
> alert(focusElm);
>         tinyMCE.execCommand("mceInsertContent", false, linkcode);
>     } else {
>         edCanvas = window.opener.document.post.content;
>         winder.edInsertContent(edCanvas, linkcode);
>     }
> }
> 
> Does anyone know if the current text is mapped to a javascript
> variable?
> Do I need to pass it to the popup when the popup is opened?
> 
> Or does anyone know of another plugin which does something similar? I'm
> happy to poke about in that code and figure something out.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Callum.
> 
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