/*
 * jQuery plugin: fieldSelection - v0.1.1 - last change: 2006-12-16
 * (c) 2006 Alex Brem <alex@0xab.cd> - http://blog.0xab.cd
 */
 
(function() {
 
	var fieldSelection = {
 
		getSelection: function() {
 
			var e = (this.jquery) ? this[0] : this;
 
			return (
 
				/* mozilla / dom 3.0 */
				('selectionStart' in e && function() {
					var l = e.selectionEnd - e.selectionStart;
					return { start: e.selectionStart, end: e.selectionEnd, length: l, text: e.value.substr(e.selectionStart, l) };
				}) ||
 
				/* exploder */
				(document.selection && function() {
 
					e.focus();
 
					var r = document.selection.createRange();
					if (r === null) {
						return { start: 0, end: e.value.length, length: 0 }
					}
 
					var re = e.createTextRange();
					var rc = re.duplicate();
					re.moveToBookmark(r.getBookmark());
					rc.setEndPoint('EndToStart', re);
 
					return { start: rc.text.length, end: rc.text.length + r.text.length, length: r.text.length, text: r.text };
				}) ||
 
				/* browser not supported */
				function() { return null; }
 
			)();
 
		},
 
		replaceSelection: function() {
 
			var e = (typeof this.id == 'function') ? this.get(0) : this;
			var text = arguments[0] || '';
 
			return (
 
				/* mozilla / dom 3.0 */
				('selectionStart' in e && function() {
					e.value = e.value.substr(0, e.selectionStart) + text + e.value.substr(e.selectionEnd, e.value.length);
					return this;
				}) ||
 
				/* exploder */
				(document.selection && function() {
					e.focus();
					document.selection.createRange().text = text;
					return this;
				}) ||
 
				/* browser not supported */
				function() {
					e.value += text;
					return jQuery(e);
				}
 
			)();
 
		}
 
	};
 
	jQuery.each(fieldSelection, function(i) { jQuery.fn[i] = this; });
 
})();