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Steve Allday
Steve Allday

Reputation: 93

Ace Editor Get Current Cursor Row and Column

I'm using Ace Editor. In Javascript, (not jQuery), how would I return the current cursor row and column position?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 8679

Answers (2)

Alexey Shevelyov
Alexey Shevelyov

Reputation: 986

This is the function that will get you the object. 

getCursor() //The name of this function it may have been changed - this is a current one as of September 2016

It returns a Position Object that consists of two members: 

row
column

Ways to use it are:

var iRowPosition;
var iColumnPosition;

var oPositionObject;

oPositionObject = InstanceOfYourEditor.selection.getCursor(); // to get the Position Object
iRowPosition = InstanceOfYourEditor.selection.getCursor().row; // to get the Row Position 
iColumnPosition = InstanceOfYourEditor.selection.getCursor().column; // to get the Column Position

Let's say you want want to pass this object as a parameter to some other function such as:

InstanceOfYourEditor.selection.insert() //accepts Position Object and a text to insert

then you can just pass the Object as is 

InstanceOfYourEditor.selection.insert(oPositionObject, "Just Want To Provide A More Detailed Answer So My Fellows Can Better Visualize It All");

This answer was more of "fishing for you" - but I encourage you to learn how to fish in general and specifically with Ace Editor object by referring to the Ace Editor API that contains all the information about the object.

ACE EDITOR API - Selection Section

Upvotes: 2

a user
a user

Reputation: 24159

editor.getCursorPosition() returns an object with row and column properties

Upvotes: 9

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