Use JavaScript to place cursor in a Chrome text input element

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Published on 2010-05-18T04:52:43Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 5:00 UTC
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I've been working on sending text to an input element in Chrome and I noticed that, unlike in IE or FF, calling .focus() does not put the cursor in the text area. So does anyone know of an alternative for placing the cursor on a Chrome input element?

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