Use JavaScript to place cursor at end of text in text input element

Question

What is the best way (and I presume simplest way) to place the cursor at the end of the text in a input text element via JavaScript - after focus has been set to the element

Answer 1

Check this solution!

//fn setCurPosition
$.fn.setCurPosition = function(pos) {
    this.focus();
    this.each(function(index, elem) {
        if (elem.setSelectionRange) {
            elem.setSelectionRange(pos, pos);
        } else if (elem.createTextRange) {
            var range = elem.createTextRange();
            range.collapse(true);
            range.moveEnd('character', pos);
            range.moveStart('character', pos);
            range.select();
        }
    });
    return this;
};

// USAGE - Set Cursor ends
$('#str1').setCurPosition($('#str1').val().length);

// USAGE - Set Cursor at 7 position
// $('#str2').setCurPosition(7);

Set cursor at any position