How do I make a div with contentEditable set show a blinking cursor on page load?

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Published on 2010-05-15T20:32:39Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 20:44 UTC
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I would just like to have an editable div that acts like a textarea that is given focus on page load (i.e. the blinking cursor is visible and typing shows up in the div without having to select the div with the mouse). I've tried calling focus() on the editable div, but that doesn't work.

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