TextField Focus Not Set in Firefox 3

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Mickey Segal - 20 Dec 2007 15:27 GMT

There is a Java-related problem with the latest Firefox beta. The problem
is that focus is not set for TextFields when requested. I've written up the
details, along with a working applet and full source code at
www.segal.org/java/TextFieldFocus/.

I have several questions:
1. Can others confirm this? (Firefox 3 beta 2 is available at
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html). I didn't notice the
problem in Firefox 3 beta 1. I'm using the latest build of Java 1.7 on
Windows Vista (build 24 from http://download.java.net/jdk7/binaries/).
2. Does one report this to Firefox, Sun or both?
3. Are there workarounds or do we just wait for the problem to be fixed?

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Andrew Thompson - 20 Dec 2007 18:38 GMT

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>2. Does one report this to Firefox, Sun or both?

I'd report it to Sun in the first instance.

>3. Are there workarounds ..

JS (to specifically call focus to the applet)?
JWS (mentioned more for people searching this thread).

BTW - that HTML is invalid. An example is more credible
when it uses a defined standard of HTML. The errors are
minor (presuming HTML 3.2), and the structure is well
formed, but I recommend making it entirely valid.

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