Commits bug issuereview 62043 (http://codereview.chromium.org/62043)...

chrome/views/controls/text_field.cc

Index: chrome/views/controls/text_field.cc
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--- chrome/views/controls/text_field.cc	(revision 13163)
+++ chrome/views/controls/text_field.cc	(working copy)
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@
 }
 
 void TextField::Edit::SelectAll() {
-  // Using (0, -1) here is equivalent to calling SetSelAll(); both will select
-  // the "phantom newline" that we're trying to avoid.
-  SetSel(0, GetTextLength());
+  // Select from the end to the front so that the first part of the text is
+  // always visible.
+  SetSel(GetTextLength(), 0);
 }
 
 void TextField::Edit::ClearSelection() {