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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Did you ever figure out how to get the cursor position in a textarea field????</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Let me know...</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Dan- I just tried it and it actually gives the position of the mouse and not the blinking text cursor (sorry I didn't make that clear).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> David ><I> -----Original Message-----</I> ><I> From: Dan Costea [</I></FONT><A HREF="mailto:HYPERLINK "><I><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">mailto:HYPERLINK "mailto:costea.dan@ssi-schaefer.ro"</FONT></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">costea.dan@ssi-schaefer.ro</FONT></U></I><I></I></A><I></I><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">]</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:28 PM</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> To: </FONT></I><A HREF="mailto:javascript@LaTech.edu"><I></I><I><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">javascript@LaTech.edu</FONT></U></I><I></I></A><I></I><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Get the position of the cursor in a</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> textarea?</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Yes, it is possible. I didn't made the code for NS, but with</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> IE4+ you can</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> run the following code:</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> <body onMouseMove="document.all['asdf'].innerHTML = 'xPos: '</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> + event.x +</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> '<br>yPos: ' + event.y "></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> <div id="asdf"></div></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> <br></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> <textarea rows=4 cols=35>this is a textarea ... </textarea></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </body></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> > Hi all. Is it possible to get the position of the cursor</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> in a textarea?</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> > E.g. let's say I have:</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> ></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> > Hello there, Welcome to 12345 company.</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> ></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> > in a textarea, and the cursor is currently after the word</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Hello. So I</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> would</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> > like a value of 6 returned by such a javascript function. Thanks!</FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> ></FONT></I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> > David</FONT></I> </P>
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