Caret position not mentioned or demonstrated for setSelectionRange()
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Description
### MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/setSelectionRange
### What specific section or headline is this issue about?
Caret position not mentioned or demonstrated for setSelectionRange()
### What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
The setSelectionRange() method allows moving the caret to a position within a form field element yet the word caret is not mentioned even once on this page, forget about a simple demonstration.
### What did you expect to see?
1. The ability to move the caret for form fields should be mentioned within the first sentence for the setSelectionRange() method.
2. A basic example to move caret to second position would demonstrate something clear (versus start or end).
```
document.getElementById('test').setSelectionRange(2,2);
```
People learn best through multiple iterations, allowing them to easily set the position (0,1,2,3, etc) would help people grasp what is going on much quicker.
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* Folder: `en-us/web/api/htmlinputelement/setselectionrange`
* MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/setSelectionRange
* GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/api/htmlinputelement/setselectionrange/index.md
* Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/76d6c2c2bcca61d0d14ed464356716090097bc7a
* Document last modified: 2025-07-30T17:14:37.000Z
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