Ticket #5441: ie_destroy_bug.2.patch

.js

@@ -240 +240 @@
                         {
                                 container.setStyle( 'display', 'none' );
 
-                                var $range = document.body.createTextRange();
-                                $range.moveToElementText( container.$ );
+        // We need to record & reset the scroll position because if we focus on
+        // the document.body the window will scroll to the top.
+                                var $range = document.body.createTextRange(),
+                  horizontalScroll = document.documentElement.scrollLeft,
+                  verticalScroll = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
+                                try
+        {
+          // This will fail if document.body is not a parentNode of container.$
+                  $range.moveToElementText( container.$ );
+                }
+                catch ( e )
+                {
+                  $range.moveToElementText( document.body );
+                }
                                 try
                                 {
                                         // Putting the selection to a display:none element - this will certainly
@@ -250 +262 @@
                                         $range.select();
                                 }
                                 catch ( e ) {}
+
+        document.documentElement.scrollLeft = horizontalScroll;
+        document.documentElement.scrollTop = verticalScroll;
                         }
 
                         if ( container )