How to select the first character of the next word in a textarea?

Question

Right now, I'm selecteing the first character (a) of the first word inside the text area like this:

  <textarea ref="inputEl">abc def ghi</textarea>





  methods: {

    setInitialCursorPosition () {

      const inputEl = this.$refs.inputEl

      inputEl.focus()

      inputEl.setSelectionRange(0, 1)

    }

  },



  mounted () {

    this.$nextTick(() => {

      this.setInitialCursorPosition()

    })

  }

}

How to do it so I select the first character of the next word inside the same text area (d and so on)? Pretty much like the

w

key in the Vim editor.

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Answer 1

var str     = document.getElementById("textarea").value;
var match = str.match(/\b(\w)/g);              
var first = match.join('');  

console.log(first[1]);

<textarea id="textarea" ref="inputEl">abc def ghi</textarea>

How to select the first character of the next word in a textarea?

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