diff --git a/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/link.htm b/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/link.htm
index eaa46fdaf9..c118c9b484 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/link.htm
+++ b/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/link.htm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <td nowrap="nowrap"><label for="href">{#advanced_dlg.link_url}</label></td>
             <td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 
 				  <tr> 
-					<td><input id="href" name="href" type="text" class="mceFocus" value="http://" style="width: 200px" /></td> 
+					<td><input id="href" name="href" type="text" class="mceFocus" value="http://" style="width: 200px" onfocus="try{this.select();}catch(e){}" /></td> 
 					<td id="hrefbrowsercontainer">&nbsp;</td>
 				  </tr> 
 				</table></td>