1<!DOCTYPE html>
2<html>
3<body>
4<textarea id='target' rows='2' cols='3'>
5  simple text that should be a bit longer than that
6</textarea>
7<script>
8    var textarea = document.getElementById('target');
9    textarea.focus();
10    textarea.setSelectionRange(0, textarea.value.length);
11</script>
12</body>
13</html>
14