Caret Position in a Text Field

[Bambam6235]

Hi all,

I would like to determine where the current insertion point is in a text field.

Say I had a text field that held 80 characters. I would like to display to the
user the current position of the insertion point at any point in the field.

I have found the TextRange object and have found examples of how to insert text
at a particular location. I have not been able to find a way to return a
number depicting the current location of the cursor.

Any help with this would end much frustration. Thanks in advance.

JR

[Ivo]

Re: Caret Position in a Text Field

"Bambam6235 " <bambam6235@aol .com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
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> I would like to determine where the current insertion point is in a text[/color]
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> I have found the TextRange object and have found examples of how to insert[/color]
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> at a particular location. I have not been able to find a way to return a
> number depicting the current location of the cursor.
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function caretPos(){
var i=document.f.tx t.value.length+ 1;
if (document.f.txt .createTextRang e){
theCaret = document.select ion.createRange ().duplicate();
while ( theCaret.parent Element() == document.f.txt
&& theCaret.move(" character",1)== 1 ) --i;
}
return i==document.f.t xt.value.length +1?-1:i;
}

// assuming document.f.txt the reference to a textarea with name=txt
void('HTH')

[AJAXAvatar]

There's an excellent post here entitled "Getting/Setting the Selected Text (Caret Positions) within a Text Box in Internet Explorer and Firefox" that explains everything regarding caret positions in both browsers.

http://www.theblueform.com/Home/TheMakingOf.aspx

Pretty cool AJAX site too, they've done lots of stuff worth checking out.