highlighting a searched word it text area

[zubairm]

Hi,

I want to highlight a searched word in the text area using javascript .

[hsriat]

It might be something like:

/*JavaScript Code*/
function highlight(word) {
    var txt = document.getElementById('textDiv');
    txt.innreHTML = txt.innerHTML.replace(' ' + word + ' ', ' <span class="highlight">' + word + '</span> ');
}
//where textDiv is the div which contains the text.

/*CSS code*/
span.highlight {
    background-color:yellow;
}

See if this works.

[Markus]

Do you mean highlight some text that's in a text area? Or highlight the text given through a text area?

[rnd me]

this will find and highlight the first one:

function showMatch(TXT, phrase){ 
    var t= TXT.value;
    var lp = t.split(phrase)[0].length;
    TXT.selectionStart = lp
    TXT.selectionEnd = lp + String(phrase).length;    
}

TXT is an object: the textarea

phrase is the string (or regexp) to find.