JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by grano

HTML

<div id="editable" contenteditable="true">
  text text text<br>text text text<br>text text text<br>
</div>
<button id="button" onclick="setCaret()">focus</button>

JavaScript

function setCaret() {
    var el = document.getElementById("editable");
    var range = document.createRange();
    var sel = window.getSelection();
    console.log(el.childNodes)
    
    range.setStart(el.childNodes[el.childNodes.length - 1], 0);
    range.collapse(true);
//    sel.removeAllRanges();
    sel.addRange(range);
    
    
    el.focus();
}