<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="" onkeyup="alert(ft())">
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function ft()
{
var rng = event.srcElement.createTextRange(); 
rng.moveToPoint(event.x,event.y);
rng.moveStart("character",-event.srcElement.value.length);
var index = rng.text.length;
return index;
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>