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reshma
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

How can i clear text on Textarea field in IE 8 browser?

I want to select all text in Text area and delete. I tried with testObj.Keys("^A"); method, testObj.Keys("[BS]") but it didn't help me. Thanks Reshma
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I've met with the situation several times that Ctrl-A shortcut was intercepted by some other control and did not work. So I ended up with this code (VBScript):

    Call oControl.SetFocus

    Call oControl.Keys("^[Home][P500]^![End][P500][Del]")

  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I've met with the situation several times that Ctrl-A shortcut was intercepted by some other control and did not work. So I ended up with this code (VBScript):

    Call oControl.SetFocus

    Call oControl.Keys("^[Home][P500]^![End][P500][Del]")

  • joseph_michaud's avatar
    joseph_michaud
    Moderator
    9 years ago

    If Keys() doesn't work, try just simply setting the wText property (or whatever property has the text) to the empty string using SetText().