if (match == '\\to') {
              unlocked.innerHTML = pre + "-> " + post;
             unlocked.focus();
+             if (savedRange != null) {
+                 if (window.getSelection)//non IE and there is already a selection
+                 {
+                     var s = window.getSelection();
+                     if (s.rangeCount > 0) 
+                         s.removeAllRanges();
+                     s.addRange(savedRange);
+                 }
+                 else 
+                     if (document.createRange)//non IE and no selection
+                     {
+                         window.getSelection().addRange(savedRange);
+                     }
+                     else 
+                         if (document.selection)//IE
+                         {
+                             savedRange.select();
+                         }
+             }
+
             return suppressdefault(e,true);
          }
          else return suppressdefault(e,false);
   element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
 } 
 
+var savedRange;
+
 function getCursorPos() {
   var cursorPos;
   if (window.getSelection) {
     var selObj = window.getSelection();
-    var selRange = selObj.getRangeAt(0);
+    savedRange = selObj.getRangeAt(0);
     //cursorPos =  findNode(selObj.anchorNode.parentNode.childNodes, selObj.anchorNode) + selObj.anchorOffset;
     cursorPos =  findNode(unlocked.childNodes, selObj.anchorNode,0) + selObj.anchorOffset;
     /* FIXME the following works wrong in Opera when the document is longer than 32767 chars */
     return(cursorPos);
   }
   else if (document.selection) {
-    var range = document.selection.createRange();
-    var bookmark = range.getBookmark();
+    savedRange = document.selection.createRange();
+    var bookmark = savedRange.getBookmark();
     /* FIXME the following works wrong when the document is longer than 65535 chars */
     cursorPos = bookmark.charCodeAt(2) - 11; /* Undocumented function [3] */
     return(cursorPos);