[Javascript] Get the position of the cursor in a textarea?

[Chris Tifer]

No love on NN. I just tried it, but at least it will work for IE.  Like 
I say though, the code is cryptic looking to me.

Chris Tifer
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis at hotmail.com>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Get the position of the cursor in a textarea?


> 
> 
> >Actually, it is:
> 
> >   if (objEl.createTextRange && objEl.caretPos){
> >    var caretPos = objEl.caretPos;
> 
> Oh? Interesting to know. Is it cross browser or IE only?
> 
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