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Bug 11457 - textarea/text need ability to remove focus
Summary: textarea/text need ability to remove focus
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: HTML.next
Classification: Unclassified
Component: default (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
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Reported: 2010-12-02 21:31 UTC by Dennis Andersen
Modified: 2013-01-11 13:25 UTC (History)
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Description Dennis Andersen 2010-12-02 21:31:24 UTC 
Other than setting focus to an input/textarea field that is not visible, it isn't possible to do this. It is needed to keep  users attention in the correct place in ajax applications.
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-02-28 22:40:13 UTC 
Doesn't the blur() function provide this feature already?
Comment 2 Robin Berjon 2013-01-11 13:25:17 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: none
Rationale: That's already supported.