Replacing text inside textarea without focus
I want to replace selected text(or insert new text after cursor position if nothing is selected). The new text is entered from another textbox. I want to be able to insert new text without clicking first (focusing) in the textarea. meaning: first select text to replace inside textarea, then enter new text into the textbox and click the button. <textarea id='text' cols="40" rows="20"> </textarea> <div id="opt"> <input id="input" type="text" size="35"> <input type="button" onclick='pasteIntoInput(document.getElementById("input").value)' value="button"/> </div> function pasteIntoInput(text) { el