jQuery Set Cursor Position in Text Area

Question

How do you set the cursor position in a text field using jQuery? I\'ve got a text field with content, and I want the users cursor to be positioned at a certain offset when

Answer 1

You can directly change the prototype if setSelectionRange does not exist.

(function() {
    if (!HTMLInputElement.prototype.setSelectionRange) {
        HTMLInputElement.prototype.setSelectionRange = function(start, end) {
            if (this.createTextRange) {
                var range = this.createTextRange();
                this.collapse(true);
                this.moveEnd('character', end);
                this.moveStart('character', start);
                this.select();
            }
        }
    }
})();
document.getElementById("input_tag").setSelectionRange(6, 7);

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