Question

I’m trying to process some input in a text box upon the blur() event. What I cannot seem to accomplish is returning the cursor to the text box if the text is not correct. See:

http://jsfiddle.net/zy5mv/

This works fine in IE (focus/cursor returns to the text box), but not Firefox or Chrome, where the focus us not returned. What am I doing wrong here? I’ve tried both the jQuery focus() method and the element’s own focus() method.

Answer 1

Try:

   if(this.value != "ok") {
        //alert("Wrong answer");
        ev.preventDefault();
        setTimeout(function() { $('input').focus(); }, 100);
        return;
    }