const history = document.getElementById('history');
const input = document.getElementById('input');
const cursor = document.getElementById('cursor');
function focusAndMoveCursorToTheEnd(e) {
input.focus();
const range = document.createRange();
const selection = window.getSelection();
const { childNodes } = input;
const lastChildNode = childNodes && childNodes.length - 1;
range.selectNodeContents(lastChildNode === -1 ? input : childNodes[lastChildNode]);
range.collapse(false);
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
}
function handleCommand(command) {
const line = document.createElement('DIV');
line.textContent = `> ${ command }`;
history.appendChild(line);
}
// Every time the selection changes, add or remove the .noCursor
// class to show or hide, respectively, the bug square cursor.
// Note this function could also be used to enforce showing always
// a big square cursor by always selecting 1 chracter from the current
// cursor position, unless it's already at the end, in which case the
// #cursor element should be displayed instead.
document.addEventListener('selectionchange', () => {
if (document.activeElement.id !== 'input') return;
const range = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);
const start = range.startOffset;
const end = range.endOffset;
const length = input.textContent.length;
if (end < length) {
input.classList.add('noCaret');
} else {
input.classList.remove('noCaret');
}
});
input.addEventListener('input', () => {
// If we paste HTML, format it as plain text and break it up
// input individual lines/commands:
if (input.childElementCount > 0) {
const lines = input.innerText.replace(/\n$/, '').split('\n');
const lastLine = lines[lines.length - 1];
for (let i = 0; i <= lines.length - 2; ++i) {
handleCommand(lines[i]);
}
input.textContent = lastLine;
focusAndMoveCursorToTheEnd();
}
// If we delete everything, display the square caret again:
if (input.innerText.length === 0) {
input.classList.remove('noCaret');
}
});
document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
// If some key is pressed outside the input, focus it and move the cursor
// to the end:
if (e.target !== input) focusAndMoveCursorToTheEnd();
});
input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
if (e.key === 'Enter') {
e.preventDefault();
handleCommand(input.textContent);
input.textContent = '';
focusAndMoveCursorToTheEnd();
}
});
// Set the focus to the input so that you can start typing straigh away:
input.focus();
body {
background: #000;
color: #0F0;
font-family: monospace;
height: 100vh;
box-sizing: border-box;
overflow-x: hidden;
overflow-y: scroll;
word-break: break-all;
margin: 0;
padding: 16px;
}
#input {
display: inline;
outline: none;
visibility: visible;
}
/*
If you press the Insert key, the vertical line caret will automatically
be replaced by a one-character selection.
*/
#input::selection {
color: #000;
background: #0F0;
}
#input:empty::before {
content: ' ';
}
@keyframes blink {
to {
visibility: hidden;
}
}
#input:focus + #caret {
animation: blink 1s steps(5, start) infinite;
}
#input.noCaret + #caret {
visibility: hidden;
}
#caret {
border: 0;
padding: 0;
outline: none;
background-color: #0F0;
display: inline-block;
font-family: monospace;
}
<div id="history"></div>
>
<div id="input" contenteditable="true"></div><button id="caret" for="input"> </button>