JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Stafox

HTML

<textarea id="myTextarea">Text my lovely text. How can I click</textarea>

<button id="getPos">
Get textarea position
</button>

JavaScript

document.getElementById('myTextarea').addEventListener('blur', e => {
  console.log('Caret at: ', e.target.selectionStart)
})


document.getElementById('getPos').addEventListener('click', e => {
  console.log('Caret textarea pos at: ', document.getElementById('myTextarea').selectionStart)
})