My apologies, Erik. Yours is the superior method. I must have been
remembering the behavior of IE5.
On Jul 2, 8:12 pm, "Erik Beeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ick! Global variables and eval'd code! How about (untested, logic should be
> unchanged):
>
> $(function() {
> $(':text').bind('focus', function() {
> var o = this;
> if(o.setSelectionRange) { /* DOM */
> setTimeout(function()
> {o.setSelectionRange(o.value.length,o.value.length);}, 2);
> } else if(o.createTextRange) { /* IE */
> var r = o.createTextRange();
> r.moveStart('character', o.value.length);
> r.select();
> }
> });
>
> });
>
> Adds an anonymous function, which adds a function call, but saves an eval
> and doesn't require a global variable, which is potentially problematic.
>
> --Erik
>
> On 7/2/08, Brian J. Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > And I checked my code again. It DOES work on FF3, FF2, and IE7.
>
> > On Jul 2, 5:37 pm, Paul Malan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the code. It doesn't work for me--still when I tab into a
> > > textbox in either IE7 or FF3 the content is selected and the cursor
> > > isn't positioned at the end of the text, even when I pull out
> > > everything but this function and two textboxes to test.
>
> > > I think I may just give up--it was a minor detail and not requested by
> > > the users. Bugs me, though. Seems like it shouldn't be so tricksy...
>
> > > On Jul 2, 3:12 pm, "Brian J. Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > There may be a jQuery way to do this, but I don't know what it is.
>
> > > > However, I do know 2 ways to accomplish this: one DOM way, one IE way.
> > > > Both methods must be employed.
>
> > > > $(function() {
> > > > $('input[type="text"]').bind('focus',function() {
> > > > window.o=this;
> > > > if (o.setSelectionRange) /* DOM */
> > > > setTimeout('o.setSelectionRange(o.value.length,o.value.length)',2);
> > > > else if (o.createTextRange) /* IE */
> > > > {
> > > > var r=o.createTextRange();
> > > > r.moveStart('character',o.value.length);
> > > > r.select();
> > > > }
> > > > });
>
> > > > });
>
> > > > On Jul 2, 2:55 pm, Paul Malan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > By default it seems browsers select all the text in a textbox when it
> > > > > gains focus by way of a tab-press. I would like the cursor to be
> > > > > positioned at the end of any existing text in the input,
> > instead. The
> > > > > examples I'm turning up on Google don't work and seem needlessly
> > > > > complex, and since jQuery simplifies everything else I used to hate
> > > > > about Javascript, I thought I'd see if there's a simple way to
> > > > > position the cursor in a text input box on focus. Is it doable?
>
> > > > > Thanks...
