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selectionStart

Property of dom/HTMLInputElement dom/HTMLInputElement

Syntax

var result = element.selectionStart;
element.selectionStart = value;

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>
        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>

Syntax Standards information

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