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JavaScript: Move cursor to the end of text input
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Move cursor to the end of text input
function moveCursorToEnd(el) {
if (typeof el.selectionStart == "number") {
el.selectionStart = el.selectionEnd = el.value.length;
} else if (typeof el.createTextRange != "undefined") {
el.focus();
var range = el.createTextRange();
range.collapse(false);
range.select();
}
}
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alexf101 commented Feb 12, 2018 •
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In older versions of Chrome, even reading el.selectionStart will cause a DOMException to be thrown if the element is an <input type="email">. You need to wrap this in a try/catch block for it to actually be safe.

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