Set cursor position in android Edit text

Question

How can i set the cursor position in android edit text? I have an edit text and on create i want to set the cursor to some times in the end some times in the middle of the text, what can i do?

my edit text is as follows:

android:id="@+id/editText11"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="200sp"
android:layout_above="@+id/horizontalScrollView1"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:gravity="top"
android:background="#00000000"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:singleLine="true"

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 23 '17 at 09:12

49

You can achieve this by using :

Edittext.setSelection(Edittext.length());

this will put the cursor position in the end. otherwise you can get the text in a string and check the text position where you want to put the cursor and do it like this

String text = edittext.getText().toString();

for(int i = 0; i <text.length();i++)
{
//your logic here to check the position of text
}

and then

Edittext.setSelection(position);

edited Jan 23 '17 at 09:12

Rjz Satvara

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answered Dec 30 '13 at 11:09

Hassaan Rabbani

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Any suggestion to set cursor position to end of hint text? – CoDe Jan 12 '15 at 07:18
setSelection() method not available..? – sujith s Apr 13 '15 at 13:40
setSelection() is available, but I am unable move cursor to any position – Ansal Ali Aug 20 '15 at 07:33
It's Selection.setSelection(length) and not EditText.setSelection() – Abhishek Kumar Feb 26 '20 at 13:12
`Edittext.length()` is unknown. Use `edittext.text.length`. – CoolMind Nov 25 '20 at 13:01

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 11:09

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Position at the start

editText.setSelection(0);

Position at the end

editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());

Position at the middle

editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length() / 2);

answered Dec 30 '13 at 11:09

Jagadesh Seeram

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Any suggestion to set cursor position to end of hint text? – CoDe Jan 12 '15 at 07:18
@CoDe Why would you ever need that? Whenever user types he will only start the things from the index 0 if you have set any hint. – CopsOnRoad Jan 18 '18 at 08:23

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 11:10

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Try this

editText1.requestFocus(Your_Text.length());

Hope it will help you.

answered Dec 30 '13 at 11:10

Sanket Shah

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The method you mentioned takes in direction and not length. Check [this](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#requestfocus) out – Shaishav Apr 27 '18 at 08:27

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 11:07

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editText1.setSelection(Your position)

or

EditText etext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.inbox);
etext.setSelection(etext.getText().length());

answered Dec 30 '13 at 11:07

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