force the focus to leave a form field with jQuery in iOS when selecting non-input element

Question

Using jQuery or something similar, is it possible to detect when a user has clicked away, effectively removed focus, from a form field in iOS? I have conventional form which has a first name, last name, address line 1, address line 2 etc.

On an iPad when you select a form field the only way to leave that form field is to select another field in the form by clicking it or by hitting the Previous or Next buttons in the keyboard pane.

As the keyboard pane is shown clicks to other non-input elements on the page are ignored, so focus remains on the form field.

Is there a way with jQuery/JavaScript (or anything else) to force the focus to leave the form field if I click away from it by clicking a non-input form element?

Here's an example of what I mean. In the screen below, when the focus is on the Line 1 element I can't move out of it by clicking a non-input element.

Answer 1

Try just doing a quick blur() on the form, that might work.

$('body').on('click', function () { 
    $('form').blur(); 

    // And since you said selecting an anchor might help, potentially doing a:
    $('a#whatever').blur(); // might do the trick too
});