カーソルが新しい段落の先頭にある場合、文字オフセットの使用は機能しません。以下のアプローチでは、DOM ノードをウォークし、すべてのノードをオフセットにカウントします。また、開始と終了を個別に処理して、選択範囲が正確な位置を記憶していることを確認します。これは私が主要なプロジェクトで使用する更新版です (最後の関数を参照してください)。
/*
 Gets the offset of a node within another node. Text nodes are
 counted a n where n is the length. Entering (or passing) an
 element is one offset. Exiting is 0.
 */
var getNodeOffset = function(start, dest) {
  var offset = 0;
  var node = start;
  var stack = [];
  while (true) {
    if (node === dest) {
      return offset;
    }
    // Go into children
    if (node.firstChild) {
      // Going into first one doesn't count
      if (node !== start)
        offset += 1;
      stack.push(node);
      node = node.firstChild;
    }
    // If can go to next sibling
    else if (stack.length > 0 && node.nextSibling) {
      // If text, count length (plus 1)
      if (node.nodeType === 3)
        offset += node.nodeValue.length + 1;
      else
        offset += 1;
      node = node.nextSibling;
    }
    else {
      // If text, count length
      if (node.nodeType === 3)
        offset += node.nodeValue.length + 1;
      else
        offset += 1;
      // No children or siblings, move up stack
      while (true) {
        if (stack.length <= 1)
          return offset;
        var next = stack.pop();
        // Go to sibling
        if (next.nextSibling) {
          node = next.nextSibling;
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }
};
// Calculate the total offsets of a node
var calculateNodeOffset = function(node) {
  var offset = 0;
  // If text, count length
  if (node.nodeType === 3)
    offset += node.nodeValue.length + 1;
  else
    offset += 1;
  if (node.childNodes) {
    for (var i=0;i<node.childNodes.length;i++) {
      offset += calculateNodeOffset(node.childNodes[i]);
    }
  }
  return offset;
};
// Determine total offset length from returned offset from ranges
var totalOffsets = function(parentNode, offset) {
  if (parentNode.nodeType == 3)
    return offset;
  if (parentNode.nodeType == 1) {
    var total = 0;
    // Get child nodes
    for (var i=0;i<offset;i++) {
      total += calculateNodeOffset(parentNode.childNodes[i]);
    }
    return total;
  }
  return 0;
};
var getNodeAndOffsetAt = function(start, offset) {
  var node = start;
  var stack = [];
  while (true) {
    // If arrived
    if (offset <= 0)
      return { node: node, offset: 0 };
    // If will be within current text node
    if (node.nodeType == 3 && (offset <= node.nodeValue.length))
      return { node: node, offset: Math.min(offset, node.nodeValue.length) };
    // Go into children (first one doesn't count)
    if (node.firstChild) {
      if (node !== start)
        offset -= 1;
      stack.push(node);
      node = node.firstChild;
    }
    // If can go to next sibling
    else if (stack.length > 0 && node.nextSibling) {
      // If text, count length
      if (node.nodeType === 3)
        offset -= node.nodeValue.length + 1;
      else
        offset -= 1;
      node = node.nextSibling;
    }
    else {
      // No children or siblings, move up stack
      while (true) {
        if (stack.length <= 1) {
          // No more options, use current node
          if (node.nodeType == 3)
            return { node: node, offset: Math.min(offset, node.nodeValue.length) };
          else
            return { node: node, offset: 0 };
        }
        var next = stack.pop();
        // Go to sibling
        if (next.nextSibling) {
          // If text, count length
          if (node.nodeType === 3)
            offset -= node.nodeValue.length + 1;
          else
            offset -= 1;
          node = next.nextSibling;
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }
};
exports.save = function(containerEl) {
  // Get range
  var selection = window.getSelection();
  if (selection.rangeCount > 0) {
    var range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
    return {
      start: getNodeOffset(containerEl, range.startContainer) + totalOffsets(range.startContainer, range.startOffset),
      end: getNodeOffset(containerEl, range.endContainer) + totalOffsets(range.endContainer, range.endOffset)
    };
  }
  else
    return null;
};
exports.restore = function(containerEl, savedSel) {
  if (!savedSel)
    return;
  var range = document.createRange();
  var startNodeOffset, endNodeOffset;
  startNodeOffset = getNodeAndOffsetAt(containerEl, savedSel.start);
  endNodeOffset = getNodeAndOffsetAt(containerEl, savedSel.end);
  range.setStart(startNodeOffset.node, startNodeOffset.offset);
  range.setEnd(endNodeOffset.node, endNodeOffset.offset);
  var sel = window.getSelection();
  sel.removeAllRanges();
  sel.addRange(range);
};
これは、最新のブラウザー (少なくとも IE 9+) でのみ機能します。