Set caret position in contenteditable div layer in Chrome/webkit

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Hello,
I'm trying to set the caret position in a contenteditable div layer, and after a bit of searching the web and experimenting I got it to work in firefox using this:

function set(element,position){
    element.focus();
    var range= window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);
    range.setStart(element.firstChild,position);
    range.setEnd(element.firstChild,position);
}

[...]

set(document.getElementById("test"),3);

But in Chrome/webkit it selects all of the content in the div. Is this a bug with webkit or am I doing something wrong?
Thank you in advance.

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