cursor position on focus

Question

The cursor position on focus is wrong does not default to 0 position it goes to wherever I click it does anyone have any suggestions?

 $('input[type="text"][name="name"]').focus(function() {
$(this).setCursorPosition(0);
}

Would something like the above work I can't see anything in my code thats causing this.

See if this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/499126/jquery-set-cursor-position-in-text-area — Hari Pachuveetil, Oct 07 '11 at 21:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 09:59

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It's because .setCursorPosition is not a classic jQuery method. There are, however plugins for this.

new function($) {
  $.fn.setCursorPosition = function(pos) {
    if ($(this).get(0).setSelectionRange) {
      $(this).get(0).setSelectionRange(pos, pos);
    } else if ($(this).get(0).createTextRange) {
      var range = $(this).get(0).createTextRange();
      range.collapse(true);
      range.moveEnd('character', pos);
      range.moveStart('character', pos);
      range.select();
    }
  }
}(jQuery);

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edited May 23 '17 at 09:59

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answered Oct 07 '11 at 21:12

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What does the .get do? And what language is it? – Samuel Luke Anthony Oct 07 '11 at 21:16
Seriously? It's JavaScript, just like jQuery. It seems worrying that a lot of questions seem to suggest people think jQuery and JavaScript are different languages. – Alex Oct 07 '11 at 21:40
@SamuelLukeAnthony: it's jQuery – genesis Oct 07 '11 at 21:41
@Alex: yeah, unfortunately :( – genesis Oct 07 '11 at 21:41

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