How to get cursor position in java script?

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How to get cursor position in textarea/textbox by using javascript?

I already used document.selection.createrange().I am using IE11.It is throwing an error when I am putting break point.It says 'Undefined'.I already used document.getSelection().I will apreciate if anybody provide me entire code along with explaination

possible duplicate of [Set cursor position in html textbox](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/512528/set-cursor-position-in-html-textbox) — Ramesh Rajendran, Mar 11 '15 at 05:19
Another duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4517198/how-to-get-mouse-position-in-jquery-without-mouse-events — jaumetet, Mar 11 '15 at 05:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '15 at 05:31

My requirement was to paste a value on cursor position in text area and i have done it like this. see if this helps you.

 var txtfield = document.getElementById('myTextfield');
    var val = "myvalues";
    if (document.selection) {           
        sel = document.selection.createRange();
        sel.text = val;
    }
    else if (txtfield.selectionStart || txtfield.selectionStart == '0') {
        var startPos = txtfield.selectionStart;
        var endPos = txtfield.selectionEnd;
        txtfield.value = txtfield.value.substring(0, startPos) + val + txtfield.value.substring(endPos, txtfield.value.length);
    }

How to get cursor position in java script?

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