Sometimes, we want to get the caret column (not pixels) position in a textarea, in characters, from the start with JavaScript.

In this articl;e, we’ll look at how to get the caret column (not pixels) position in a textarea, in characters, from the start with JavaScript.

How to get the caret column (not pixels) position in a textarea, in characters, from the start with JavaScript?

To get the caret column (not pixels) position in a textarea, in characters, from the start with JavaScript, we can use the text area’s selectionStart and selectionEnd properties.

For instance, we write

textarea.value.substring(textarea.selectionStart, textarea.selectionEnd)

to call textarea.value.substring with textarea.selectionStart and textarea.selectionEnd to get the highlighted string in the text area.

Conclusion

To get the caret column (not pixels) position in a textarea, in characters, from the start with JavaScript, we can use the text area’s selectionStart and selectionEnd properties.