Get contentEditable caret index position

Question

I\'m finding tons of good, crossbrowser anwers on how to SET the cursor or caret index position in a contentEditable element, but none on how to GET or find its

Answer 1

function getCaretPosition() {
    var x = 0;
    var y = 0;
    var sel = window.getSelection();
    if(sel.rangeCount) {
        var range = sel.getRangeAt(0).cloneRange();
        if(range.getClientRects()) {
        range.collapse(true);
        var rect = range.getClientRects()[0];
        if(rect) {
            y = rect.top;
            x = rect.left;
        }
        }
    }
    return {
        x: x,
        y: y
    };
}