function setSelRange(inputEl, selStart, selEnd) {
	 if (inputEl.createTextRange) {
		var range = inputEl.createTextRange();
		range.collapse(true);
		range.moveEnd('character', selEnd);
		range.moveStart('character', selStart);
		range.select();
		//range.scrollIntoView();
	} else if (inputEl.setSelectionRange) {
		inputEl.focus();
		inputEl.setSelectionRange(selEnd, selEnd + 1);
		// ---- Firefox Workaround ----
		// Send a virtual key, which is the character immediately after the
		// selected text. It justs rewrites the same character so that no unnecessary changes
		// are made to the content.
		// When the selection is at the end of the textarea, an extra space is appended
		// because the inputEl.value.charCodeAt(selEnd) would otherwise cause an error.
		var evt = document.createEvent("KeyboardEvent");
		if (inputEl.value.length == selEnd) {
			evt.initKeyEvent("keypress", true, true, null, false, false, false, false, 0, 32);
		} else {
			evt.initKeyEvent("keypress", true, true, null, false, false, false, false, 0, inputEl.value.charCodeAt(selEnd));
		}
        inputEl.dispatchEvent(evt);
		inputEl.setSelectionRange(selStart, selEnd);

	}
}

function setCaretPosition(elemId, caretPos) {
        var elem = document.getElementById(elemId);

    if(elem != null) {
        if(elem.createTextRange) {
            var range = elem.createTextRange();
            range.move('character', caretPos);
            range.select();
        }
        else {
            if(elem.selectionStart) {
                elem.setSelectionRange(caretPos, caretPos);
                elem.focus();
                // Workaround for FF overflow no scroll problem
                // Trigger a "space" keypress.
                var evt = document.createEvent("KeyboardEvent");
                evt.initKeyEvent("keypress", true, true, null, false, false, false, false, 0, 32);
                elem.dispatchEvent(evt);
                // Trigger a "backspace" keypress.
                evt = document.createEvent("KeyboardEvent");
                evt.initKeyEvent("keypress", true, true, null, false, false, false, false, 8, 0);
                elem.dispatchEvent(evt);
            }
            else
                elem.focus();
        }
    }
}
 setCaretPosition(document.getElementById("searchinput").id, document.getElementById("searchinput").value.length);