createTextRange

by jessekinsman

HTML

<input type="text" value="search" id="searchText" />

JavaScript

YUI().use("node","event",function(Y) {
var inp = document.getElementById("searchText");
    Y.one("#searchText").on("focus", function(a) {
        var sel = inp.createTextRange();
        sel.collapse("true");
        var mv = sel.move("character", 0);
        Y.log(mv);
        sel.select();
    });
});