Insert tag into textarea

Question

I'm developing my own forum software, and i am now doing the editor. Well i want to make some tags ofc, like [b] and [i].

How can i do that? Well, i found this thread: Insert text into textarea with jQuery

and used this:

$('a').click(function() //this will apply to all anchor tags
{ 
   $('#area').val($('#area').val()+'[b][/b]'); 
})

But i also want to point just right between the tags, between the [b] and the [/b], how can i do that?

Answer 1

See this question: jQuery Set Cursor Position in Text Area

/edit: Sorry this was already answered in the comments.

Answer 2

If this is out of scope, please just say it, but you can also select text and wrap them in the [b][/b] tags by using the JQuery selectedText plugin. I think it might be helpful for your final product (otherwise, for your question, the previous question as mentioned by Billy Moon is sufficient)