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Re: Setting focus

Message-ID <2471865.AAA9jsC1C5@PointedEars.de> (permalink)
From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
Date 2013-02-28 20:50 +0100
Subject Re: Setting focus
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
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Tim Slattery wrote:

> My function creates a new <input type=file> element. It then attempts
> to set the focus on the new element. Like this:
> 
> o = document.getElementById("putithere");
> o.innerHTML = '<input type="file" id="newbox" />';
> document.getElementById("newbox").focus();
> 
> "putithere" is the id of an empty <div>. The id of the new element is
> dynamically generated in the real function, but the test function
> works the same way.
> 
> In IE and Chrome, this works just fine. The new box appears and it has
> the focus. But in Firefox the focus stays on the button that launched
> the function! Can I make Firefox handle this like IE and Chrome?

Probably not.  But avoiding “innerHTML” could help there; it would also be 
more efficient.  You looked and there were no relevant errors in the 
console, yes?

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Setting focus Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2013-02-28 14:30 -0500
  Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-28 20:50 +0100
    Re: Setting focus Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2013-02-28 16:05 -0500
      Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-28 22:17 +0100
        Re: Setting focus Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 23:16 +0100
          Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-28 23:36 +0100
            Re: Setting focus Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 08:21 +0100
              Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-01 13:10 +0100
          Re: Setting focus "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-02-28 23:37 +0100
            Re: Setting focus Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 08:18 +0100
              Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-01 13:12 +0100
                Re: Setting focus Bernd Nawothnig <Bernd.Nawothnig@t-online.de> - 2013-03-02 15:16 +0100
        Re: Setting focus Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-03-21 20:06 -0700
          Re: Setting focus Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-03-22 10:03 +0100
            Re: Setting focus Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2013-03-22 08:53 -0400
              Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-23 15:09 +0100
            Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-23 15:07 +0100
              Re: Setting focus Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-03-24 12:38 +0100
                Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-24 13:42 +0100
                Re: Setting focus Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-03-24 13:54 +0100
          Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-23 15:04 +0100
            Re: Setting focus Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-03-23 17:35 -0700
              Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-24 10:41 +0100
                Re: Setting focus Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-03-24 16:42 -0700
                Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-30 14:27 +0100
                Re: Setting focus Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 09:25 -0700
                Re: Setting focus Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-30 19:50 +0100
                Re: Setting focus Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 17:11 -0700
              Re: Setting focus Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-03-30 01:02 +0100
                Re: Setting focus Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 09:17 -0700
                Re: Setting focus "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-03-30 17:55 +0100

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