[Javascript] Get the position of the cursor in a textarea?
Dan Costea
costea.dan at ssi-schaefer.ro
Wed Jan 30 00:28:16 CST 2002
Yes, it is possible. I didn't made the code for NS, but with IE4+ you can
run the following code:
<body onMouseMove="document.all['asdf'].innerHTML = 'xPos: ' + event.x +
'<br>yPos: ' + event.y ">
<div id="asdf"></div>
<br>
<textarea rows=4 cols=35>this is a textarea ... </textarea>
</body>
> Hi all. Is it possible to get the position of the cursor in a textarea?
> E.g. let's say I have:
>
> Hello there, Welcome to 12345 company.
>
> in a textarea, and the cursor is currently after the word Hello. So I
would
> like a value of 6 returned by such a javascript function. Thanks!
>
> David
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