put cursor at end of text input's value

Question

So, currently I have a text-input-field with a value that is also autofocused.

On page load, the value is selected / highlighted. Is there a way I can put the cursor at

Answer 1

Use this, its nice work for me...

<input type="text" name="txt" value="value text" autofocus="" onfocus="this.setSelectionRange(this.value.length,this.value.length);">

OR add this line to your input element

onfocus="this.setSelectionRange(this.value.length,this.value.length);"

Answer 2

You can add this parameter to your text input field:

onmouseover="this.setSelectionRange(this.value.length,this.value.length);"
onfocus="this.setSelectionRange(this.value.length,this.value.length);"

NB: Works well under Chromium in 2017.

Answer 3

Upgrade to @harsha's answer

I found that to make solution work with Firefox, we need temporary reset value to "not-equal of value", then set it back

<input type="text" autofocus value="value text" onfocus="var temp_value=this.value; this.value=''; this.value=temp_value" />

Answer 4

This works for me

<input type="text" autofocus value="value text" onfocus="this.value = this.value;"/>

Answer 5

Use Jquery for this:

$(function() {
      var input = $("#txt1");
    var len = input.val().length;
    input[0].focus();
    input[0].setSelectionRange(len, len);
    });

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

<input type="text" id="txt1" value="Lorem" style="width:400px;" />

But some browsers don't support enter code here property, in which case use this:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#search").focus(function(){
        if (this.setSelectionRange)
        {
        var len = $(this).val().length;
        this.setSelectionRange(len, len);
        }
        else
        {
        $(this).val($(this).val());
        }
   
});

$("#search").focus();
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<input id="search" type="text" value="mycurrtext" size="30" name="search" />

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