Is it possible to get the word under the mouse cursor in a ``?</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2012-03-27T15:31:55.487" class="fromnow">Mar 27 '12 at 15:31</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2012-03-27T15:46:33.830" datetime="2012-03-27T15:46:33.830">Mar 27 '12 at 15:46</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 1,236 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 1,236 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="9892723" data-ownerid="470925" data-score="2"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="9892723"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="2">2</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>Is it possible to get the word under the mouse cursor in a <code><textarea></code>?</p> <p>I have seen this question asked many times regarding text in <code><p></code> tags or similar html output tags, such as <a href="../../questions/2444430/how-to-get-a-word-under-cursor-using-javascript">here</a>, but the <code><span></code> based solution doesn't work with a <code><textarea></code>, for obvious reasons.</p> <p>One approach I have considered is to fire a jQuery <code>click()</code> event to place the cursor and then use something like Tim Down's answere <a href="../../questions/3053542/how-to-get-the-start-and-end-points-of-selection-in-text-area#3053640">here</a> to get the current word based on the cursor location. But a <code>click()</code> event doesn't seem to place the cursor at all.</p> <p>So that answer would be sufficient as well. 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What should I do with this link?</span> – <a href="../../users/470925/ken-bellows" title="6,711 reputation" class="comment-user owner">Ken Bellows</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/9892723/is-it-possible-to-get-the-word-under-the-mouse-cursor-in-a-textarea#comment12622947_9892990"><span title="2012-03-27T18:12:05.737 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 27 '12 at 18:12</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="show-votes" role="complementary" aria-label="sidebar"> <div class="module sidebar-linked"> <h4 id="h-linked">Linked</h4> <div class="linked"> <div class="spacer"> <a title="Vote score (upvotes - downvotes)"><div class="answer-votes default">3</div></a> <a href="../../questions/31175224/get-word-under-tap-from-uiwebview-using-javascript" class="question-hyperlink">Get word under tap from UIWebView using JavaScript</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>