How to insert text at caret position [Solved]

Scripting
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How do I insert the resulting output from a script at the current caret position?

I figured out how to append by using:

var currentText = editor.getText();
editor.setText(currentText + newText);

but I can’t figure out how to simply insert where the cursor is.

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Try editor.setSelectedText("foo");

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@sylumer, Thanks that works.

@agiletortoise, would be good to mention this in the documentation. It’s not really intuitive since nothing is selected, and selection usually requires setting a range.

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I don’t know that nothing is selected exactly. It is just that you have a selection that extends 0 characters - i.e. the start and the end are the same place.