handling cursor position in textbox on setfocus function

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hi i want to handle the cursor position when the focus comes on textbox control.like if there are 4 words in textbox then when i use
setfocus(ctrl).the cursor should be placed at the end of the 4rth word in textbox.can any body help me...!!.plz note this is a web application

Posted 2-Feb-12 23:37pm

mylogics

Updated 2-Feb-12 23:38pm

Rajesh Anuhya

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Rajesh Anuhya 3-Feb-12 5:38am

Edited.

Varun Sareen 3-Feb-12 7:37am

what is the requirement for such functionality?

mylogics 3-Feb-12 7:48am

i am creating a live chat where the chat get updated in particular time interval but meanwhile if the user is typing a text then the cursor moves to starting of the textbox on focus...!!

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Hi,

I think this[^] is what you are looking for...

Posted 3-Feb-12 5:49am

Martin Arapovic

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mylogics · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-03T19:58:00

hii finaaly got the solution jst called this js function on onfocus event of textbox....

JavaScript

<script type="text/javascript">
      function SetCursorToTextEnd(textControlID) {
          var text = document.getElementById(textControlID);
          if (text != null && text.value.length > 0) {
              if (text.createTextRange) {
                  var range
  = text.createTextRange(); range.moveStart('character', text.value.length); range.collapse();
                  range.select();
              } else if (text.setSelectionRange) {
                  var textLength = text.value.length;
                  text.setSelectionRange(textLength, textLength);
              }
          }
      }
  </script>