Absolute position of character in textarea

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Is it possible to get absolute position of character in a textarea?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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Yes, but it's much more complicated than it should be.

There is a demo demonstrating exactly this functionality, and the method used is discussed in this related question.

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answered Aug 15 '11 at 17:52

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '11 at 17:53

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Theoretically yes, it is possible, you need to simulate browser's text rendering! But that would be so complicated that I would never even start thinking about it :)

answered Aug 15 '11 at 17:53

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Absolute position of character in textarea

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