getting cursor position

pazan · Mar 18, 2005

Hello,

I'm searching a solution to get the position of the cursor in a text field. Can anyone help me?

So if We have a bit of code like this:

<HTML>
<SCRIPT language = "javascript">
function getCursorPos(elem){
...
}
</SCRIPT>
<BODY>
<INPUT type = "text" id = "textField">
<INPUT type = "button" value = "Display cursor position" onClick = "javascript:alert(getCursorPos(document.getElementById('textField')));">
</BODY>
</HTML>

Does someone know what to write in place of the getCursorPos function...

BillyRayPreachersSon · Mar 18, 2005

AFAIK, once the input field no longer has focus (i.e. as soon as you click the button), the caret will no longer be in that field, and so there will be no cursor position to detect.

You should remove the "javascript:" from the onclick attribute anyway - it's not needed.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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pazan · Mar 18, 2005

Ok,

I'm sorry for this stupid introduction. That was just an example. So just imagine a function that gives the cursor position IF THE FIELD HAS THE FOCUS (forget the button) and a negative value else (for example -1). Hope this is clearer

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