Textarea cursor position

benn11 · #1 Jan 2, 2008, 03:01 AM

I have a textarea in an asp page and I have an attribute to insert * symbol in the textarea upon a click in the textarea. Using "<textarea name="text" onfocus="if(this.value=='') this.value='*';">"

The problem is that the cursor returns to the start position but I want the cursor to remain in the position after the * symbol is automatically inserted. How can this be done?

jstrike · Jan 16, 2008, 07:20 AM

This should work:

Code:

<textarea name="myTextArea" onClick="placeText(this,'*')"></textArea>
		
<script>
  function placeText(txtArea, txt) {
    if(txtArea.value!="") return;

    txtArea.value=txt;
    //FF will automatically put the cursor at the end so skip this IE specific part...
    if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("msie") != -1) {
      var range = txtArea.createTextRange();
      range.moveStart('character', 1);   
      range.select();  
    }
  }
</script>



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