Is there a way to get the insertion point in a textbox from javascript?

Question

I'm trying to insert text into an html textbox when the user pushes buttons. This is a simple on screen numeric keypad. I have found many different scripts claiming to be able to find the current cursor position in a textbox cross-browser, but none work in IE (I'm using IE8). Is this just an IE8 defect? Is there a workaround?

It seems like there must be a definitive answer about this somewhere, but I have looked far and wide to no avail. To reiterate, how do I find the current cursor position in an html textbox?

Answer 1

look here:

http://javascript.nwbox.com/cursor_position/

Answer 2

Pete, you can also save the caret position by using an "onblur" event so you always know the previous caret position.