change hoghlighted text in input/textarea

[spykemitchell]

If i have a text area with something typed in it, is there anyway that i can highlight some text and then click a button or select a drop down menu item which changes the highlighted text to something else with the original text in it. Hard to explain, here is an example,

Hello My Name Is Spyke

-i highlight spyke and click the change button-

Hello My Name Is Spyke

[Jona]

(X)HTML/CSS cannot be rendered in a TEXTAREA; however, for those that use Internet Explorer version 5.x and higher, you can use a contenteditable DIV.

[J]ona

[spykemitchell]

O........K.......

I Think.....

Explain please...

[Jona]

<div id="myDivision" contenteditable>
<b>Change this!!</b>
</div>


[J]ona

[spykemitchell]

Oh, hang on, No i didn't mean i wanted to change the colour of a block of highlighted text, i just want to change the actuall text, example...

Hello My Name IS Spyke.

-Click Change-

Hello My Name IS Spyke

Like That, just changes the text nothing else!