Set textarea selection in Internet Explorer

Question

I\'m looking for a way to set a selection in a textarea in Internet Explorer. In other browsers, this works just fine:

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Answer 1

This works for me:

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Useful links:

• http://help.dottoro.com/ljlwflaq.php
• http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/ncz/
• http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/range_intro.html

moveStart() at MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536623%28VS.85%29.aspx

moveEnd() at MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536620%28VS.85%29.aspx