Set mouse focus and move cursor to end of input using jQuery

Question

This question has been asked in a few different formats but I can\'t get any of the answers to work in my scenario.

I am using jQuery to implement command history wh

Answer 1

It looks a little odd, even silly, but this is working for me:

input.val(lastQuery);
input.focus().val(input.val());

Now, I'm not certain I've replicated your setup. I'm assuming input is an element.

By re-setting the value (to itself) I think the cursor is getting put at the end of the input. Tested in Firefox 3 and MSIE7.