this.publisher('currentElementChanged', element);
             }
         }.bind(this);
-        var _moveCaretToTextElement = function(element, where) {
-            var range = document.createRange();
-            range.selectNodeContents(element.dom().contents()[0]);
-            
-            var collapseArg = true;
-            if(where === 'end')
-                collapseArg = false;
-            range.collapse(collapseArg);
-            var selection = document.getSelection();
-            selection.removeAllRanges();
-            selection.addRange(range);
-        };
+
 
         var isTextElement = element instanceof documentElement.DocumentTextElement,
             textElementToLand = isTextElement ? element : findFirstDirectTextChild(element),
         if(textElementToLand && !(textElementToLand.sameNode(currentTextElement))) {
             _markAsCurrent(textElementToLand);
             if(params.caretTo)
-                _moveCaretToTextElement(textElementToLand, params.caretTo); // as method on element?
+                this._moveCaretToTextElement(textElementToLand, params.caretTo); // as method on element?
             this.publisher('currentTextElementSet', element);
         }
 
                 document.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
             this.publisher('currentNodeElementSet', nodeElementToLand);
         }
-    }
+    },
+
+    _moveCaretToTextElement: function(element, where) {
+        var range = document.createRange(),
+            node = element.dom().contents()[0];
+
+        if(typeof where !== 'number') {
+            range.selectNodeContents(node);
+        } else {
+            range.setStart(node, where);
+        }
+        
+        var collapseArg = true;
+        if(where === 'end')
+            collapseArg = false;
+        range.collapse(collapseArg);
+        
+        var selection = document.getSelection();
 
+        selection.removeAllRanges();
+        selection.addRange(range);
+        this.wrapper.focus(); // FF requires this for caret to be put where range colllapses, Chrome doesn't.
+    },
+
+    setCursorPosition: function(position) {
+        if(position.element)
+            this._moveCaretToTextElement(position.element, position.offset);
+    }
 });
 
 $.extend(Canvas.prototype.list, {
 
     var canvas = canvas3.fromXML('', sandbox.publish); //canvasCanvas.create();
     var manager;
     var canvasWrapper = $(template);
+    var shownAlready = false;
+    var scrollbarPosition = 0,
+        cursorPosition;
+    
+    canvasWrapper.onShow = function() {
+        if(!shownAlready) {
+            shownAlready = true;
+        } else {
+            canvas.setCursorPosition(cursorPosition);
+            this.find('#rng-module-documentCanvas-contentWrapper').scrollTop(scrollbarPosition);
+        }
+    };
+    
+    canvasWrapper.onHide = function() {
+       scrollbarPosition = this.find('#rng-module-documentCanvas-contentWrapper').scrollTop();
+       cursorPosition = canvas.getCursor().getPosition();
+    };
 
     /* public api */
     return {