selectionEnd property
Gets or sets the end position or offset of a text selection.
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Syntax
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Property values
Type: Integer
The end position of the text selection.
Standards information
- HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 7.6.2
Remarks
If you do not select text, selectionEnd returns the offset of the character that immediately follows the text cursor or caret.
Examples
The following code example shows how to set a text selection's start and end positions.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Selection Start and End example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function SelectSomeText () {
var input = document.getElementById ("Textbox");
input.selectionStart = 4;
input.selectionEnd = 13;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p><input type="text" id="Textbox" size="40" value="The text selection appears here"/></p>
<p><button onclick="SelectSomeText ()">See selection</button></p>
</body>
</html>
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