How to set cursor position in EditText?

Question

There are two EditText,while loading the page a text is set in the first EditText, So now cursor will be in the starting place of EditText, I want

Answer 1

If you want to place the cursor in a certain position on an EditText, you can use:

yourEditText.setSelection(position);

Additionally, there is the possibility to set the initial and final position, so that you programmatically select some text, this way:

yourEditText.setSelection(startPosition, endPosition);

Please note that setting the selection might be tricky since you can place the cursor before or after a character, the image below explains how to index works in this case:

So, if you want the cursor at the end of the text, just set it to yourEditText.length().

Answer 2

if(myEditText.isSelected){
    myEditText.setSelection(myEditText.length())
    }

Answer 3

You can use like this:

if (your_edittext.getText().length() > 0 ) {

    your_edittext.setSelection(your_edittext.getText().length());
}

Can you add this line to your EditText xml

android:gravity="right"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"//you set this as you need

But when any Text writing you should set the paddingleft to zero

you should use this on addTextChangedListener

Answer 4

If you want to set the cursor after n character from right to left then you have to do like this.

edittext.setSelection(edittext.length()-n);

If edittext's text like

version<sub></sub>

and you want to move cursor at 6th position from right

Then it will move the cursor at-

    version<sub> </sub>
                ^

Answer 5

How to resolve the cursor position issue which is automatically moving to the last position after formatting in US Mobile like (xxx) xxx-xxxx in Android.

private String oldText = "";
private int lastCursor;
private EditText mEtPhone;

@Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
String cleanString = AppUtil.cleanPhone(s.toString());

String format = cleanString.length() < 11 ? cleanString.replaceFirst("(\\d{3})(\\d{3})(\\d+)", "($1) $2-$3") :
                cleanString.substring(0, 10).replaceFirst("(\\d{3})(\\d{3})(\\d+)", "($1) $2-$3");


boolean isDeleted = format.length() < oldText.length();

        try {

            int cur = AppUtil.getPointer(lastCursor, isDeleted ? s.toString() : format, oldText, isDeleted);
            mEtPhone.setSelection(cur > 0 ? cur : format.length());

        }catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
            mEtPhone.setSelection(format.length());
        }

        mEtPhone.addTextChangedListener(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        oldText = s.toString();
        lastCursor = start;
    }

Define the below method to any Activityclass in my case Activity name is AppUtil and access it globally

public static int getPointer(int index, String newString, String oldText, boolean isDeleted){

        int diff = Math.abs(newString.length() - oldText.length());

        return diff > 1 ? isDeleted ? index - diff : index  + diff : isDeleted ? index : index + 1;
    }

public static String cleanPhone(String phone){

        if(TextUtils.isEmpty(phone))
            return "";

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for(char c : phone.toCharArray()){
            if(Character.isDigit(c))
                sb.append(c);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

And if you want to set any specific position

edittext.setSelection(position);

Answer 6

some time edit text cursor donot comes at particular position is if we directly use editText.setSelection(position); . In that case you can try

editText.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    editText.setSelection(string.length());
                }
            });