diff -r 020a0670ef30 accessible/src/html/nsHyperTextAccessible.cpp
--- a/accessible/src/html/nsHyperTextAccessible.cpp	Thu Apr 22 16:11:24 2010 +0200
+++ b/accessible/src/html/nsHyperTextAccessible.cpp	Fri Apr 23 15:11:11 2010 -0400
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "nsIScrollableFrame.h"
 #include "nsISelection2.h"
 #include "nsISelectionPrivate.h"
+#include "nsFocusManager.h"
 #include "nsIServiceManager.h"
 #include "nsTextFragment.h"
 #include "gfxSkipChars.h"
@@ -1547,11 +1548,8 @@
 nsresult
 nsHyperTextAccessible::SetSelectionRange(PRInt32 aStartPos, PRInt32 aEndPos)
 {
-  nsresult rv = TakeFocus();
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
-
   // Set the selection
-  SetSelectionBounds(0, aStartPos, aEndPos);
+  nsresult rv = SetSelectionBounds(0, aStartPos, aEndPos);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
   // If range 0 was successfully set, clear any additional selection 
@@ -1578,6 +1576,16 @@
       nsISelectionController::SELECTION_FOCUS_REGION, PR_FALSE);
   }
 
+  /* Now that selection is done, move the focus to the selection. */
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIFocusManager> fm = do_GetService(FOCUSMANAGER_CONTRACTID);
+  if (fm) {
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIPresShell> shell = GetPresShell();
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIDocument> doc = shell->GetDocument();
+    nsCOMPtr<nsPIDOMWindow> window = doc->GetWindow();
+    nsIDOMElement* aElement;
+    fm->MoveFocus(window, /* element */ nsnull, nsIFocusManager::MOVEFOCUS_CARET, 0, &aElement);
+  }
+
   return NS_OK;
 }