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Please note it's not a textbox and in the background it's a textarea to &quot;save&quot; the HTML generated<br />
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<a href="https://ckeditor.com/old/forums/CKEditor-3.x/SOLVED-How-set-cursor-position-CKEditor" rel="ugc">https://ckeditor.com/old/forums/CKEditor-3.x/SOLVED-How-set-cursor-position-CKEditor</a><br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-42918461-1">editor.focus();
var selection = editor.getSelection();
var range = selection.getRanges()[0];
var pCon = range.startContainer.getAscendant({p:2},true); //getAscendant('p',true);
var newRange = new CKEDITOR.dom.range(range.document);
newRange.moveToPosition(pCon, CKEDITOR.POSITION_BEFORE_START);
newRange.select();</code></pre>
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Please note it's not a textbox and in the background it's a textarea to "save" the HTML generated

https://ckeditor.com/old/forums/CKEditor-3.x/SOLVED-How-set-cursor-position-CKEditor [https://ckeditor.com/old/forums/CKEditor-3.x/SOLVED-How-set-cursor-position-CKEditor]



editor.focus();
var selection = editor.getSelection();
var range = selection.getRanges()[0];
var pCon = range.startContainer.getAscendant({p:2},true); //getAscendant('p',true);
var newRange = new CKEDITOR.dom.range(range.document);
newRange.moveToPosition(pCon, CKEDITOR.POSITION_BEFORE_START);
newRange.select();

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I am writing a plugin for CKEDITOR which creates a custom tag. Once this custom tag has been set, I need put my cursor in between it. <br />
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Is it possible to put the cursor to a specific location inside a textbox using JavaScript or jQuery?
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I am writing a plugin for CKEDITOR which creates a custom tag. Once this custom tag has been set, I need put my cursor in between it. 

Is it possible to put the cursor to a specific location inside a textbox using JavaScript or jQuery?

JavaScript: Set the cursor to a particular position in textbox?

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