OK, I was a little premature in my judgment. But why add a new
function to jQuery when it will only be used once in your code? That's
kind of silly.
On Jul 3, 10:58 am, h3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $.extend($.fn, {
> selectRange: function(start, end) {
> // use only the first one since only one input can be
> focused
> if ($(this).get(0).createTextRange) {
> var range = $(this).get(0).createTextRange();
> range.collapse(true);
> range.moveEnd('character', end);
> range.moveStart('character', start);
> range.select();
> }
> else if ($(this).get(0).setSelectionRange) {
> $(this).focus().get(0).setSelectionRange(start, end);
> }
> return $(this);
> }
>
> });
>
> I think it's pretty much the best crossbrowser solution you will find.
>
> $('input').selectRange(0,0) to reset the carret position, to position
> it at the end you will need to get length of the input's value.. you
> just made me think
> I could add support for -1, thanks :D
>
> ~h
>
> On Jul 2, 2:55 pm, Paul Malan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > By default it seems browsers select all the text in a textbox when it
> > gains focus by way of a tab-press. I would like the cursor to be
> > positioned at the end of any existing text in the input, instead. The
> > examples I'm turning up on Google don't work and seem needlessly
> > complex, and since jQuery simplifies everything else I used to hate
> > about Javascript, I thought I'd see if there's a simple way to
> > position the cursor in a text input box on focus. Is it doable?
>
> > Thanks...
