Question

I want to clear the entire text on EditText which is before the cursor position. Suppose i the text is 1234567890, the cursor is after the character 4 like this 1234|567890 Now my requirement is I have a custom button, which deletes the text before cursor position.

I am using editext.getText().clear(); to clear the text, but its clearing entire text. If the cursor is at end of text, it is good.

Is it possible to achieve my requirement ? If yes how ? Please help me regarding this.

Answer 1

Here is how to deal with it:

You will get Cursor Position using:

editText.getSelectionStart();

or

editText.getSelectionEnd();

Note: if no text is selected, both methods will return the same index.

Then sub-string the text EditText and
then set again to EditText. something like this:

int pos = editText.getSelectionStart();
String myText = editText.getText().toString();
//sub-string it.
String subStringed = myText.substring(pos, myText.length());
//set it again..
editText.setText(subStringed);