cursor-position

How to move the cursor to the end of a contenteditable entity

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Geowa4’s solution will work for a textarea, but not for a contenteditable element. This solution is for moving the caret to the end of a contenteditable element. It should work in all browsers which support contenteditable. function setEndOfContenteditable(contentEditableElement) { var range,selection; if(document.createRange)//Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, IE 9+ { range = document.createRange();//Create a range (a range … Read more

jquery Setting cursor position in contenteditable div

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Maybe I’m misreading the question, but wouldn’t the following do (assuming an editable <div> with id “editable”)? The timer is there because in Chrome, the native browser behaviour that selects the whole element seems to trigger after the focus event, thereby overriding the effect of the selection code unless postponed until after the focus event: … Read more

How to prevent the cursor from moving back one character on leaving Insert mode in Vim?

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Although I would not recommend changing the default cursor mechanics, one way of achieving the behavior in question is to use the following Insert-mode mapping. :inoremap <silent> <Esc> <Esc>`^ Here the Esc key is overloaded in Insert mode to additionally run the `^ command which moves the cursor to the position where it had been the … Read more

Cursor position in a textarea (character index, not x/y coordinates)

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Modified BojanG’s solution to work with jQuery. Tested in Chrome, FF, and IE. (function ($, undefined) { $.fn.getCursorPosition = function() { var el = $(this).get(0); var pos = 0; if(‘selectionStart’ in el) { pos = el.selectionStart; } else if(‘selection’ in document) { el.focus(); var Sel = document.selection.createRange(); var SelLength = document.selection.createRange().text.length; Sel.moveStart(‘character’, -el.value.length); pos = … Read more

Set the caret/cursor position to the end of the string value WPF textbox

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You can set the caret position using CaretIndex property of a TextBox. Please bear in mind that this is not a DependencyProperty. Nevertheless, you may still set it in XAML like this: <TextBox Text=”123″ CaretIndex=”{x:Static System:Int32.MaxValue}” /> Please remember to set CaretIndex after Text property or else it will not work. Thus it probably won’t … Read more

How to speed up the left and right arrow keys for editing text? [closed]

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To change how fast a key repeats when holding it down, adjust this setting: “System Preferences” -> “Keyboard” -> “Keyboard Tab” -> “Keyboard Repeat” To change how long you have to hold it down before it registers as repeating, adjust this setting: “System Preferences” -> “Keyboard” -> “Keyboard Tab” -> “Delay Until Repeat”

How to move cursor to end of contenteditable entity

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Geowa4’s solution will work for a textarea, but not for a contenteditable element. This solution is for moving the caret to the end of a contenteditable element. It should work in all browsers which support contenteditable. function setEndOfContenteditable(contentEditableElement) { var range,selection; if(document.createRange)//Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, IE 9+ { range = document.createRange();//Create a range (a range … Read more