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]