<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Bug 4477749</title> <style type="text/css"> div.scroller { overflow: scroll; width: 100px; } span { border: 1px solid blue; } </style> <script type="text/javascript"> function testit() { var inner=document.getElementById("testinner").childNodes[0]; window.getSelection().collapse(inner, 0); document.getElementById("testmid").scrollLeft=-1000; document.getElementById("testouter").style.direction="ltr"; } </script> </head> <body onload="testit()"> <div id="testouter" dir="rtl"> <div id="testmid" class="scroller"><span id="testinner">TextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextTextText</span></div> </div> </body> </html>