diff --git a/public/res/editor.js b/public/res/editor.js
index 5b54e28e..b6c4c5c0 100644
--- a/public/res/editor.js
+++ b/public/res/editor.js
@@ -252,14 +252,20 @@ define([
 						var selectionRange = selection.getRangeAt(0);
 						var node = selectionRange.startContainer;
 						if((contentElt.compareDocumentPosition(node) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY) || contentElt === node) {
-							var range = self.createRange({
-								container: contentElt,
-								offsetInContainer: 0
-							}, {
-								container: node,
-								offsetInContainer: selectionRange.startOffset
-							});
-							var offset = range.toString().length;
+							var offset = selectionRange.startOffset;
+							if(node.hasChildNodes() && offset > 0) {
+								node = node.childNodes[offset - 1];
+								offset = node.textContent.length;
+							}
+							var container = node;
+							while(node != contentElt) {
+								while(node = node.previousSibling) {
+									if(node.textContent) {
+										offset += node.textContent.length;
+									}
+								}
+								node = container = container.parentNode;
+							}
 
 							if(selection.isBackwards()) {
 								selectionStart = offset + selectionRange.toString().length;