goog.dom.selection

Provided By	`goog.dom.selection`

Returns the place where the selection ends inside a textarea or a text input

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.

Returns

number

The position where the selection ends or 0 if it was unable to find the position or no selection exists.

VIEW SOURCE

Returns the start and end points of the selection inside a textarea or a text input.

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.

Returns

Array<number>

An array with the start and end positions where the selection starts and ends or [0,0] if it was unable to find the positions or no selection exists. Note that we can't reliably tell the difference between an element that has no selection and one where it starts and ends at 0.

VIEW SOURCE

Return the place where the selection starts inside a textarea or a text input

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.

Returns

number

The position where the selection starts or 0 if it was unable to find the position or no selection exists. Note that we can't reliably tell the difference between an element that has no selection and one where it starts at 0.

VIEW SOURCE

Returns the selected text inside a textarea or a text input

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.

Returns

string

The selected text.

VIEW SOURCE

Sets the cursor position within a textfield.

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.
`pos`	`number`
	The position within the text field.

VIEW SOURCE

Sets the place where the selection should end inside a text area or a text input

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.
`pos`	`number`
	The position to end the selection at.

VIEW SOURCE

Sets the place where the selection should start inside a textarea or a text input

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.
`pos`	`number`
	The position to set the start of the selection at.

VIEW SOURCE

Sets the selected text inside a textarea or a text input

Parameters

`textfield`	`(Element\|null)`
	A textarea or text input.
`text`	`string`
	The text to change the selection to.

VIEW SOURCE

goog.dom.selection

Functions

getEnd( `textfield` ) `→` `number`

getEndPoints( `textfield` ) `→` `Array<number>`

getStart( `textfield` ) `→` `number`

getText( `textfield` ) `→` `string`

setCursorPosition( `textfield`, `pos` ) `→` `void`

setEnd( `textfield`, `pos` ) `→` `void`

setStart( `textfield`, `pos` ) `→` `void`

setText( `textfield`, `text` ) `→` `void`

goog.dom.selection

Functions

getEnd( textfield ) → number

getEndPoints( textfield ) → Array<number>

getStart( textfield ) → number

getText( textfield ) → string

setCursorPosition( textfield, pos ) → void

setEnd( textfield, pos ) → void

setStart( textfield, pos ) → void

setText( textfield, text ) → void

getEnd( `textfield` ) `→` `number`

getEndPoints( `textfield` ) `→` `Array<number>`

getStart( `textfield` ) `→` `number`

getText( `textfield` ) `→` `string`

setCursorPosition( `textfield`, `pos` ) `→` `void`

setEnd( `textfield`, `pos` ) `→` `void`

setStart( `textfield`, `pos` ) `→` `void`

setText( `textfield`, `text` ) `→` `void`