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

I tried lots of different solutions, the only one that worked for me was based on the solution by Chris G on this page (but with a slight modification).

I have turned it into a jQuery plugin for future use for anyone that needs it

(function($){
    $.fn.setCursorToTextEnd = function() {
        var $initialVal = this.val();
        this.val($initialVal);
    };
})(jQuery);

example of usage:

$('#myTextbox').setCursorToTextEnd();