# Textfield cursor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-cursor/330762>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 12, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-cursor/330762 "2013-03-12T16:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![destinier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@destinier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/destinier)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-cursor/330762/1 "2013-03-12T16:29:12Z")

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Hi all,

I see that text field (input type) in as3 doesn’t automatically showing cursor even though the below code is correct way to do that.

```php

stage.focus = tf;
tf.setSelection(tf.text.length, tf.text.length);

```

Any suggestions? thanks in advance