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FrontEditorSelected

WLJS
Execution environment
wljs-editor
Package
Notebook`EditorUtils`
Context

Manipulates the last selected input cell's editor

FrontEndEditorSelected[op_String, arguments__, opt___] Null | _String
warning

This has to be executed in WLJS interpreter, i.e. using FrontSubmit or FrontFetchAsync

Methods​

There are following methods available

Get selected content​

FrontEndEditorSelected["Get", opt___] _String

Returns selected string. For example

With[{win = CurrentWindow[]},
  EventHandler[InputButton[], Function[Null, 
    
      Then[FrontFetchAsync[FrontEditorSelected["Get"], "Window"->win], Function[result,
        Print[result];
      ]
    ]
  ]]
]

Insert or replace selected content​

FrontEndEditorSelected["Set", data_String, opt___]

Inserts or replaces selected text with a provided string

With[{win = CurrentWindow[]},
  EventHandler[InputButton["Replace"],
    Function[Null, 
      FrontSubmit[FrontEditorSelected["Set", "Yo"], "Window"->win];
    ]
  ]
]

Get cursor position​

FrontEndEditorSelected["Cursor", opt___]

Get all content from the editor​

FrontEndEditorSelected["GetDoc", opt___]

Set content of the editor​

FrontEndEditorSelected["SetDoc", doc_String, opt___]

Get UID of the last used editor​

FrontEndEditorSelected["Editor"] _String

See Options for applications.

Evaluate​

danger

Not implemented

Options​

"Editor"​

Specify an editor, from which the all properties will be taken or modified. By the default it takes the last editor, that a user operated

You can get an id or an editor using Get UID of the last used editor

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