Textarea Caret Position
Get the top
and left
coordinates of a caret in a textarea. Useful for textarea textcompletes like github, twitter, etc.
API
var getPosition = require('textarea-caret-position');
document.querySelector('textarea').addEventListener('input', function () {
var coordinates = getPosition(this, this.selectionEnd);
console.log(coordinates.left);
console.log(coordinates.right);
})
var coordinates = getPosition(textarea, position)
position
is a integer of the location of the caret. You basically pass this.selectionStart
or this.selectionEnd
. This way, this library isn't opinionated with what the caret is.
coordinates
is an object of the form {top: , left: }
.
Caveats
A little off when there are scroll bars.
License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2014 Jonathan Ong me@jongleberry.com
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