All: I've been unable to programmatically select a DOMRange in a WebView (this on Mac OS X 10.4.7). I'm trying to emulate the behavior one can see in an editable WebView such as in Mail.app's compose window where the user can click on an image (to begin a drag for example) and the WebView immediately selects the image prior to the drag action. The simple case fails: DOMRange *range = [myWebView editableDOMRangeForPoint: [[self window] convertScreenToBase:[NSEvent mouseLocation]]]; [range collapse:NO]; [ myWebView setSelectedDOMRange:range affinity:[myWebView selectionAffinity]]; And worse, there appears to be a bug (or an undocumented API change) whereby the WebEditingDelegate method: - (BOOL)webView:(WebView *)webView shouldChangeSelectedDOMRange: (DOMRange *)currentRange toDOMRange:(DOMRange *)proposedRange affinity:(NSSelectionAffinity)selectionAffinity stillSelecting:(BOOL) flag; WebEditingDelegate method is no longer called. Also: The latest changes to WebKit's editing capabilities as Apple now distributes them with 10.4.7 have broken something fundamental in DOMRange selection. Whatever hack Apple used to use to perform the above magic I'm trying to emulate has itself broken now. To see the bug, drag a few small images into Mail.app. Now try to move them around by dragging them to rearrange their order. Note how Mail.app programmatically selects two images instead of just the one you're dragging. Any pointers appreciated. Thanks! Steven