I have trawled the internet for a solution to this one . All I need is the
caret position as a number. I have seen quite a few text insertion functions
that do something like this :

textarea.caretPos = document.selection.createRange().duplicate()

and then operate on the caretPos object - but all these solutions seem to
work  by creating a selected area in the text and then replacing it - I just
want the caret position as a number.

Anyone got any clues?

Thanks

"torch" <torch@torch.com> wrote in message
news:cae2tt$nao$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I have trawled the internet for a solution to this one . All I need is the
> caret position as a number.

See this thread (url may wrap):
<URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=407716b1%240%2464635%244a441750%40ne
ws.wanadoo.nl >

HTH
Ivo

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:16:28 +0200, Ivo wrote:

> http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=407716b1%240%2464635%244a441750%40ne
> ws.wanadoo.nl

Also, try this alternate..
<http://groups.google.com/groups?th=296d438401e265d5>

(shrugs) I have been practising the 'black art'
of shortening Google Usenet URL's recently and
have become quite good at it.  ..Maybe I should
write a page on it.

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"Andrew Thompson" wrote
> Ivo wrote:
> >
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=407716b1%240%2464635%244a441750%40ne
> > ws.wanadoo.nl
>
> Also, try this alternate..
> <http://groups.google.com/groups?th=296d438401e265d5>
>
> (shrugs) I have been practising the 'black art'
> of shortening Google Usenet URL's recently and
> have become quite good at it.  ..Maybe I should
> write a page on it.

Yes, please do. This is impressive.
Ivo

torch wrote:
> I have trawled the internet for a solution to this one . All I need is the
> caret position as a number. I have seen quite a few text insertion functions
> that do something like this :
> 
> textarea.caretPos = document.selection.createRange().duplicate()
> 
> and then operate on the caretPos object - but all these solutions seem to
> work  by creating a selected area in the text and then replacing it - I just
> want the caret position as a number.
> 
> Anyone got any clues?

In the IE DOM, TextRange objects have a boundingLeft property.
Reads to me as it was what you are looking for:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/duplicate.asp>

In the Gecko DOM, HTMLTextAreaElement objects have a selectionStart
property:
<http://www.xulplanet.com/references/objref/HTMLTextAreaElement.html>


HTH

PointedEars