selectionStart
Property of dom/HTMLInputElementdom/HTMLInputElement
Syntax
var result = element.selectionStart;
element.selectionStart = value;
Examples
The following code example shows how to set a text selection’s start and end positions.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Selection Start and End example</title>
<script>
function SelectSomeText () {
var input = document.getElementById ("Textbox");
input.selectionStart = 4;
input.selectionEnd = 13;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p><input type="text" id="Textbox" size="40" value="The text selection appears here"/></p>
<p><button onclick="SelectSomeText ()">See selection</button></p>
</body>
</html>
Syntax
Standards information
- HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 7.6.2
See also
Related pages
input type=texttextArea- HTMLInputElementHTMLInputElement
Attributions
Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]