Set Focus After Last Character in Text Box

Question

I have 3 text boxes for a phone number. As the user types, it automatically moves from one textbox to the next. When the user presses backspace, I can move focus to the pr

Answer 1

This is the easy way to do it. If you're going backwards, just add $("#Prefix").val($("#Prefix").val()); after you set the focus

This is the more proper (cleaner) way:

function SetCaretAtEnd(elem) {
        var elemLen = elem.value.length;
        // For IE Only
        if (document.selection) {
            // Set focus
            elem.focus();
            // Use IE Ranges
            var oSel = document.selection.createRange();
            // Reset position to 0 & then set at end
            oSel.moveStart('character', -elemLen);
            oSel.moveStart('character', elemLen);
            oSel.moveEnd('character', 0);
            oSel.select();
        }
        else if (elem.selectionStart || elem.selectionStart == '0') {
            // Firefox/Chrome
            elem.selectionStart = elemLen;
            elem.selectionEnd = elemLen;
            elem.focus();
        } // if
    } // SetCaretAtEnd()