Use JavaScript to place cursor at end of text in text input element

Question

What is the best way (and I presume simplest way) to place the cursor at the end of the text in a input text element via JavaScript - after focus has been set to the element

Answer 1

I've tried the following with quite great success in chrome

$("input.focus").focus(function () {
    var val = this.value,
        $this = $(this);
    $this.val("");

    setTimeout(function () {
        $this.val(val);
    }, 1);
});

Quick rundown:

It takes every input field with the class focus on it, then stores the old value of the input field in a variable, afterwards it applies the empty string to the input field.

Then it waits 1 milisecond and puts in the old value again.