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I'm having difficulties in retaining the caret position in a content editable div after I update it through javascript. I have a div with a contenteditable attribute. <pre><code><div id="form", contenteditable="true"> </div> </code></pre> Let's say the user typed "Bacon is so good! I want more" I update the html inside the div where I wrapped certain words with a span. From the html above, it would turn into this: <pre><code><div id="form", contenteditable="true"> Bacon is so good! I want more! </div> </code></pre> I do this by updating the html using jQuery... <pre><code>$('#form').html(...here I put the updated html...) </code></pre> However after this, the caret (cursor) returns to the start of the div. I want to keep the caret in the same position as before I update the div in order for the user to continue typing without any hitch. Currently, I have the following code: I first save the caret position prior to updating the div. <pre><code>if(window.getSelection) { window.savedRange = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0); } else if(document.selection) { window.savedRange = document.selection.createRange(); } </code></pre> And then I try to return the caret position by <pre><code>$('#form').get(0).focus(); if (window.savedRange != null) { if (window.getSelection) { var s = window.getSelection(); if (s.rangeCount > 0) s.removeAllRanges(); s.addRange(window.savedRange); } else if (document.createRange) { window.getSelection().addRange(window.savedRange); } else if (document.selection) { window.savedRange.select(); } } </code></pre> I need to retain the caret because this should all happen while the user is typing. The code above didn't do anything. It still returns to the start of the div. 
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