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EditText's cursor position

Assuming, that a user has written some text into an EditText and thereafter touched somewhere else on the screen, which caused the cursor position to change: How can one determine the new cursor position?

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fyodorananiev Avatar asked Aug 10 '10 16:08

fyodorananiev


1 Answers

The simple version:

myEditText.getSelectionStart();

If you want to react on an event you may try

myEditText.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) {
        // view is myEditText here
    }
});

event allows to distinguish between presses and releases.

EditText also has a setOnClickListener() that might be worth to look at.

EDIT: I forgot to mention onSelectionChanged(int selStart, int selEnd) where selEnd equals selStart if the position changed.

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sjngm Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 15:10

sjngm