My initial question is a direct dupe of this question, trying to put the cursor at the end of a textarea.
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It worked fine on all browsers except Firefox (I’m currently using version 18.0). Even the jsfiddle that Tim provided in the link above (for convenience: http://jsfiddle.net/DqtVK/40/) is not working.
It seems it’s not highlighting or placing the cursor at all anymore.
I understand jquery is an alternative option (as found here) but did something happen on firefox’s side that makes this method no longer reliable? Anyone have any insight? Is there a way to avoid the jquery route?
Thanks!
Looks like there was an uncaught exception that was preventing my piece of code from finishing. It seems firefox really doesn’t like focusing on a hidden piece of HTML. Lesson learned, make sure your target is visible!
Though why the jsfiddle is not working properly is still a mystery to me…
but my base issue has been solved.
If anyone can explain the jsfiddle mystery, please keep respondin’ I’ll be on the lookout.