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1. Canha
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hey guys, I have a question.

   I'm creating a plugin that shows a custom box in a custom post type area. When the user inserts data into an input inside this custom box, the plugin uses this value to return another one.

   How can I automatically copy this input into the post area? (Where the post is written). I've considered just telling the user to CTRL+C, CTRL+V in the post area. But there has to be another way. I thought of Javascript, but I want to know if there is any other way to do this.

   Thanks!

2. juliovedovatto
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try this (javascript):

   window.send_to_editor('VALUE THAT U WANT');
   window.location.hash = 'postdivrich';

   I respond to you here, because in twitter you never see what I send to you LOL

3. Canha
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks! Sorry, didn't see you reply on Twitter (keep getting lots of those).

   I ended up using javascript in a different way, as I couldn't find a non-JS solution:
   document.getElementById("content").value = "<?php echo $myVar; ?>";

   as #content is the ID for the textarea.

   I'm leaving this here for anyone who might have this trouble:
   It's easier to use Javascript (or jQuery) to insert data into the post textarea. If you must insert the data without cleaning up the textarea, do the following:

   var whatIsAlreadyThere = document.getElementById("content").value;
   var whatYouWantToAdd = "Whatever you want to add";
   document.getElementById("content").value = whatIsAlreadyThere + whatYouWantToAdd

   You may want to add some kind of space in the second var.

4. Leo Blanchette
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   juliovedovatto,

   two months later...had to express thanks! You solved my problem in two lines of code. Thanks a lot!!!!!!!

   Original thread...

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/click-image-insert-to-writing-area-how-is-this-done?replies=4#post-2027606

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