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HTML

<ul>
    <li>Some other stuff</li>
    <li style="display: list-item;" class="menu-item" contenteditable="true">
<div class="">Dior<input type="checkbox" name="selected"></div>
<ol class="">
    <li style="display: list-item;" class="menu-item">
    <div class=""><a href="/portfolios/charlize-theron" class="" name="">Charlize-Theron</a>
    <input type="checkbox" name="selected"></div>
    </li>
    <li style="display: list-item;" class="menu-item">
    <div class=""><a href="/portfolios/natalie-portman" class="" name="">Natalie-Portman</a>
    <input type="checkbox" name="selected"></div>
    </li>
    <li style="display: list-item;" class="">
    <div class=""><a href="/portfolios/sharon-stone-1" class="" name="">Sharon-Stone</a>
    <input type="checkbox" name="selected"></div>
    </li>
</ol>
<a href="#" class="edit" style="opacity: 1; ">Edit</a></li>

</ul>

JavaScript

$(".edit").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();

    var div = $(this).parent().children("div")[0];
    div.focus();

    if (window.getSelection && document.createRange) {
        // IE 9 and non-IE
        var sel = window.getSelection();
        var range = document.createRange();
        range.setStart(div, 0);
        range.collapse(true);
        sel.removeAllRanges();
        sel.addRange(range);
    } else if (document.body.createTextRange) {
        // IE < 9
        var textRange = document.body.createTextRange();
        textRange.moveToElementText(div);
        textRange.collapse(true);
        textRange.select();
    }
});