onblur= ; focus()

[few1938]

I recently posted a problem with re-focusing the cursor to a field
that had an 'onblur' event. The browser is FF3

I have found the following link that identifies the problem:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53579

Does prototype.js have a work-around or does anyone know a work-
around?

Frank

[Trevan Richins]

Try putting the focus() inside of a window.setTimeout. So like this:

input.observe('blur', function() {
window.setTimeout(this.focus);
});

I didn't test it but I've done things similar to get around the issue.

[Frederick Polgardy]

Watch out for binding/this issues if you're using this example - this isn't bound inside the event handler:

input.observe('blur', function() {
       window.setTimeout(function() { Element.focus(input); });
});

-Fred

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Trevan Richins <deve...@ckiweb.com> wrote:

Try putting the focus() inside of a window.setTimeout.  So like this:

input.observe('blur', function() {
       window.setTimeout(this.focus);
});

I didn't test it but I've done things similar to get around the issue.

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[few1938]

The timeout issue has been discussed in the link.

Frank