Closed Bug 33967 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

need ability to control caret position/selection in text fields from javascript

Categories

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect, P1)

Product:
Core
Component:
Layout: Form Controls
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: radha, Assigned: sfraser_bugs)

Details

(Whiteboard: Composer feature work) 

Need to be able to control cursor/selections in the urlbar from javascript
Accepting
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
(making the summary more general)
Summary: Need interfaces to manipulate urlbar from javascript → need ability to control caret position/selection in text fields from javascript
Target Milestone: --- → M16
I have the underlying code working, to set the selection in 
nsGfxTextControlFrame. But I have no idea how to make this accessible from 
JavaScript. Any ideas, hyatt?

updating keyword and status whiteboard to reflect that this is a beta 2 feature 
work bug that the Composer team deems a must fix for beta 2.
Severity: normal → major
Keywords: beta2
Priority: P3 → P1
Whiteboard: Composer feature work
Fix checked in. You can get and set the selection in text widets thusly:

   var textField = document.getElementById("foobar");
   textField.setSelectionRange(0, 12);

   var selStart = textField.selectionStart;
   var selEnd = textField.selectionEnd;

   var textLength = textField.textLength;

I also made foo.select() work for inputs and textareas.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Component: Editor → HTML Form Controls
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Keywords: nsbeta2
verified in 5/9 build.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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