Focus on InputText OnChange

[lmmoreira]

Hi,

There are some validations on my JavaScript code I prefer to do on input-text's "onchange";

The validation is ok, but when something is wrong I run an alert and should turn the focus for this.focus();

But, the this.focus() doesn't work and the validated control lost the focus;

Like

txtEmail.onchange = function(){
if(this.value == ""){
alert("Please, type the e-mail");
// the code below doesn't work;
this.focus();
}
}

Does anyone know how to make it happen?

Thank You

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

In which browser(s) is this failing?

Can you post a URL?

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[lmmoreira]

Sorry I Can't, but on IE 7 and FF3 it doesn't work..

but, the code is as simple as the code I posted

 

[ThomasJSmart]

wow. i hadnt noticed this bug before but very interesting.

this seems to work for some reason

<input type="text" name="txtEmail" id="txtEmail" value="bbb" />
 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
<!--
document.getElementById('txtEmail').onchange = function(){       
	if(this.value == "a"){
		alert("Please, type the e-mail");
		setTimeout(fieldFocus,100);
	}
}
function fieldFocus(){
	document.getElementById('txtEmail').focus();
}
//-->
</script>

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