Rails - Sep 2008 - AJax.InPlaceEditor - Controlling initial text selection

I want to use in-place editing, but do not want any text to be selected
when the user invokes the in-place editor.  I would like the cursor to
be placed at the end of the text when the in-place editor appears
instead of having all of the text automatically selected.  Is this
possible?

Thanks,
Annette
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I discovered that adding the following to application.js works:


////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Manipulates the caret position in a ''textarea''.
// It creates a selection if selStart and selEnd are not equal.
//
// To place the caret at the beginning of text:
// "setSelRange(element, 0, 0);"
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function setSelRange(inputEl, selStart, selEnd)
{
  if (inputEl.setSelectionRange)
  {
    inputEl.setSelectionRange(selStart, selEnd);
  }
  else if (inputEl.createTextRange)
  {
    var range = inputEl.createTextRange();
    range.collapse(true);
    range.moveEnd(''character'', selEnd);
    range.moveStart(''character'', selStart);
    range.select();
  }

  inputEl.focus();
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Extend Ajax.InPlaceEditor so that it does not automatically select 
all
// text when the im-place editor is invoked.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Object.extend(Ajax.InPlaceEditor.prototype, {
    onLoadedExternalText: function(transport) {
        Element.removeClassName(this.form, 
this.options.loadingClassName);
        this.editField.disabled = false;
        this.editField.value = transport.responseText;

        setSelRange(this.editField, this.editField.value.length, 
this.editField.value.length);
    }
});

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