无法将焦点设置在IE8中的文本框中

Question

IE8 seems to be the bane of my existence lately. I am trying to set focus when a new step is created in my application. Here is my code:

$(this).stepField('action_description').focus();

This works in all other browsers I've tested with (Firefox, Chrome, Safari). It even works in IE9, but not IE8. Any help would be vastly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

To work in ie8 :

    setTimeout(function() {
        $('#myElement').focus();
    }, 10);

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SO source: jQuery focus() sometimes not working in IE8

Issue documented by MS : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979954