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selectionStart property

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Gets or sets the starting position or offset of a text selection.

HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 7.6.2

Syntax

JavaScript

p = object.selectionStart

Property values

Type: Integer

The starting position of the text selection.

Standards information

See also

input type=text
textArea
HTMLInputElement

 

 

Build date: 11/28/2012

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