Set cursor position in html textbox

Question

Does anybody know how to move the cursor in a textbox to a particular position?

For example if a textbox (e.g. input element, not textarea) has 50 characters in it and I want to position the cursor before character 20, how woould i go about it?

Jon

Answer 1

Setting Cursor Position in a Textbox or TextArea with Javascript by Josh Stodola