Here’s a jQuery solution:
$.fn.selectRange = function(start, end) {
if(end === undefined) {
end = start;
}
return this.each(function() {
if('selectionStart' in this) {
this.selectionStart = start;
this.selectionEnd = end;
} else if(this.setSelectionRange) {
this.setSelectionRange(start, end);
} else if(this.createTextRange) {
var range = this.createTextRange();
range.collapse(true);
range.moveEnd('character', end);
range.moveStart('character', start);
range.select();
}
});
};
With this, you can do
$('#elem').selectRange(3,5); // select a range of text
$('#elem').selectRange(3); // set cursor position
- JsFiddle
- JsBin