Ticket #3181: 3181.patch

_whatsnew.html

@@ -44 +44 @@
         <ul>
                 <li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2821">#2821</a>] Configuration
                         items that used floating point numbers were parsed as integers.</li>
+                <li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3181">#3181</a>] Node selection 
+                        could raise an error in IE8.</li>
                 <li>Language file updates for the following languages:
                         <ul>
                                 <li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2849">#2849</a>] Lithuanian</li>

editor/_source/internals/fckselection_ie.js

@@ -108 +108 @@
                 // Try to select the node as a control.
                 oRange = FCK.EditorDocument.body.createControlRange() ;
                 oRange.addElement( node ) ;
+                oRange.select() ;
         }
         catch(e)
         {
                 // If failed, select it as a text range.
                 oRange = FCK.EditorDocument.body.createTextRange() ;
                 oRange.moveToElementText( node ) ;
+                oRange.select() ;
         }
 
-        oRange.select() ;
 } ;
 
 FCKSelection.Collapse = function( toStart )