Place cursor at the end of text in EditText

Question

I am changing the value of an EditText on keyListener.

But when I change the text the cursor is moving to the beginning of the EditText. I need the cursor to be at the end of the text.

How to move the cursor to the end of the text in a EditText.

Answer 1

Hello Try This

 <EditText
       android:id="@+id/edt_text"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:text="Hello World!"
       android:cursorVisible="true"/>

EditText editText = findViewById(R.id.editText); editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length()); // End pointCursor

Answer 2

This is another possible solution:

et.append("");

Just try this solution if it doesn't work for any reason:

et.setSelection(et.getText().length());

Answer 3

This does the trick safely:

    editText.setText("");
    if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(text)) {
        editText.append(text);
    }

Answer 4

All the other codes I've tested didn't work good due to the fact that the user could still place the caret/cursor wherever in the middle of the string (ex.: 12|3.00 - where | is the cursor). My solution always puts the cursor in the end of the string whenever the touch occurs on the EditText.

The ultimate solution is:

// For a EditText like:
<EditText
                android:id="@+id/EditTextAmount"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:hint="@string/amount"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:text="@string/zero_value"
                android:inputType="text|numberDecimal"
                android:maxLength="13"/>

@string/amount="0.00" @string/zero_value="0.00"

// Create a Static boolean flag
private static boolean returnNext; 


// Set caret/cursor to the end on focus change
EditTextAmount.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onFocusChange(View editText, boolean hasFocus) {
                if(hasFocus){
                    ((EditText) editText).setSelection(((EditText) editText).getText().length());
                }
            }
        });

// Create a touch listener and put caret to the end (no matter where the user touched in the middle of the string)
EditTextAmount.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View editText, MotionEvent event) {
                ((EditText) editText).onTouchEvent(event);
                ((EditText) editText).setSelection(((EditText) editText).getText().length());
                return true;
            }
        });


// Implement a Currency Mask with addTextChangedListener
EditTextAmount.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
                String input = s.toString();
                String output = new String();
                String buffer = new String();
                String decimals = new String();
                String numbers = Integer.toString(Integer.parseInt(input.replaceAll("[^0-9]", "")));

                if(returnNext){
                    returnNext = false;
                    return;
                }

                returnNext = true;

                if (numbers.equals("0")){
                    output += "0.00";
                }
                else if (numbers.length() <= 2){
                    output += "0." + String.format("%02d", Integer.parseInt(numbers));
                }
                else if(numbers.length() >= 3){
                    decimals = numbers.substring(numbers.length() - 2);
                    int commaCounter = 0;
                    for(int i=numbers.length()-3; i>=0; i--){
                        if(commaCounter == 3){
                            buffer += ",";
                            commaCounter = 0;
                        }
                        buffer += numbers.charAt(i);
                        commaCounter++;
                    }
                    output = new StringBuilder(buffer).reverse().toString() + "." + decimals;
                }
                EditTextAmount.setText(output);
                EditTextAmount.setSelection(EditTextAmount.getText().length());
            }

            @Override
            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
                /*String input = s.toString();
                if(input.equals("0.0")){
                    EditTextAmount.setText("0.00");
                    EditTextAmount.setSelection(EditTextAmount.getText().length());
                    return;
                }*/
            }

            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

            }
        });

Hope it helps!

Answer 5

similar to @Anh Duy's answer, but it didnt work for me. i also needed the cursor to move to the end only when the user taps the edit text and still be able to select the position of the cursor afterwards, this is the only code that has worked for me

boolean textFocus = false; //define somewhere globally in the class

//in onFinishInflate() or somewhere
editText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {

        editText.onTouchEvent(event);

        if(!textFocus) {
            editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());
            textFocus = true;
        }

        return true;
    }
});

editText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        textFocus = false;
    }
});

Answer 6

This works

Editable etext = edittext.getText();
Selection.setSelection(etext,edittext.getText().toString().length());