Name
Selection.getCaretIndex( ) Method — retrieve the index of the insertion point
Availability
Flash 5
Synopsis
Selection.getCaretIndex( )
Returns
The index of the insertion point in the current text field. If no text field has keyboard focus, it returns -1. If the text field with focus is empty, it returns 0.
Description
The getCaretIndex( )
method indicates the
insertion point (i.e., the location of the cursor) in a text field.
The cursor appears as an I-beam when a text field has keyboard focus.
Use setSelection( )
to set the location of the
insertion point.
Example
Because getCaretIndex( )
returns -1 when no text
field has focus, we may determine whether any field has focus by
checking whether getCaretIndex( )
is equal to
-1, as follows:
if (Selection.getCaretIndex( ) == -1) { trace("No field has focus"); }
See Also
Selection.setSelection( )
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