Question

I have some text in text area or editor. When i select some of the code and then i click on add link i need to convert the selected text to link. How can i do that using jquery.

Answer 1

In association with the Rangyinputs jQuery plugin, you could use the following code

var url = "http://stackoverflow.com/";
$("#yourTextAreaId").surroundSelectedText('<a href="' + url + '">', '</a>');

Alternatively, for a rich text editor you can check this simple, lightweight rich text editor

For a simple demonstration of the Rangyinputs plugin function, see this fiddle