33967 - need ability to control caret position/selection in text fields from javascript

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

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

Description

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

Need to be able to control cursor/selections in the urlbar from javascript

Comment 1

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Accepting

Comment 2

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

(making the summary more general)

Comment 3

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

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?

Comment 4

[rubydoo123]

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.

Comment 5

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

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.

Comment 6

[sujay]

verified in 5/9 build.