set execcommand just for a div

Question

it has any way for bind execcommand with a div element not for whole document , i try this :

document.getElementById('div').execcommand(...)

but it has an error :

execcommand is not a function

it has any way for bind the execcommand with just div element not whole document !! i don't like use iframe method .

Answer 1

This is easier to do in IE than other browsers because IE's TextRange objects have an execCommand() method, meaning that a command can be executed on a section of the document without needing to change the selection and temporarily enable designMode (which is what you have to do in other browsers). Here's a function to do what you want cleanly:

function execCommandOnElement(el, commandName, value) {
    if (typeof value == "undefined") {
        value = null;
    }

    if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined") {
        // Non-IE case
        var sel = window.getSelection();

        // Save the current selection
        var savedRanges = [];
        for (var i = 0, len = sel.rangeCount; i < len; ++i) {
            savedRanges[i] = sel.getRangeAt(i).cloneRange();
        }

        // Temporarily enable designMode so that
        // document.execCommand() will work
        document.designMode = "on";

        // Select the element's content
        sel = window.getSelection();
        var range = document.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(el);
        sel.removeAllRanges();
        sel.addRange(range);

        // Execute the command
        document.execCommand(commandName, false, value);

        // Disable designMode
        document.designMode = "off";

        // Restore the previous selection
        sel = window.getSelection();
        sel.removeAllRanges();
        for (var i = 0, len = savedRanges.length; i < len; ++i) {
            sel.addRange(savedRanges[i]);
        }
    } else if (typeof document.body.createTextRange != "undefined") {
        // IE case
        var textRange = document.body.createTextRange();
        textRange.moveToElementText(el);
        textRange.execCommand(commandName, false, value);
    }
}

Examples:

var testDiv = document.getElementById("test");
execCommandOnElement(testDiv, "Bold");
execCommandOnElement(testDiv, "ForeColor", "red");