Question

How would i be able to select a word and change the colour of that one word?

e.g. add a span with style and chage the font colour.

Can someone lead me down the right path please.

Jquery

 function edit_addon (div_id) {    
    $("#"+div_id).attr ('contentEditable', true)
             .css ('color','#F00') 
             .css ('cursor','Text') 
             ; 

 } 

HTML

 <div id="34" ondblclick="javascript:edit_addon(34)">Editable Text</div>

Thank you,

Answer 1

The easiest way would be to dynamically add spans with the individual in the div and just change the color of the current span. Here’s the basic idea:

$(".Editable").dblclick( function () {
    var words = $(this).text().split(" ");
    var result = "";
    for (var i=0; i<words.length; i++) {
        result.append("<span class='word'>" + words[i] + "</span>");
    }
    $(this).innerHTML = result;
}

#CSS

span.word:hover { color: #0f0; }