selecting text, htmlArea in Safari

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I'm using htmlArea. In IE, when you select text then press the "create link" button, the text remains highlighted after the link is created. In Safari, after you create the link, the text does not remain highlighted. How do I fix this?

Here is the code:

HTMLArea.prototype._createLink = function(link) {
	var editor = this;
	var outparam = null;
	if (typeof link == "undefined") {
		link = this.getParentElement();
		if (link && !/^a$/i.test(link.tagName))
			link = null;
	}
	if (link) outparam = {
		f_href   : HTMLArea.is_ie ? editor.stripBaseURL(link.href) : link.getAttribute("href"),
		f_title  : link.title
	};
	this._popupDialog("link.php", function(param) {
		if (!param)
			return false;
		var a = link;
		if (!a) {
			editor._doc.execCommand("createlink", false, param.f_href);
			a = editor.getParentElement();
			var sel = editor._getSelection();
			var range = editor._createRange(sel);
			if (!HTMLArea.is_ie) {
				a = range.startContainer;
				if (!/^a$/i.test(a.tagName))
					a = a.nextSibling;
			}
		} else a.href = param.f_href.trim();
		if (!/^a$/i.test(a.tagName))
			return false;
		a.target = param.f_target.trim();
		a.title = param.f_title.trim();
		editor.selectNodeContents(a);
		editor.updateToolbar();
	}, outparam);
};