Unable to type in textbox even with focus set

Question

I have a flash keyboard (not written by me and I know no flash) which is used by the users to type in to the web forms. The keyboard works fine and I am able to fill the fields properly.

When the keyboard obscures any field, I am scrolling the document (in EnsureNotObscured() method) so that input field is not obscured. This is where I am getting the issue. After scrolling the document, I can see that the input field still has the focus (cursor blinks) but when I type nothing appears.

IF I click the mouse in that field again then I am able to type in that field. What could be the reason for this behavior? I even tried explicitly setting focus using document.getElementById(field.id).focus() after scrolling the document in EnsureNotObscured() and still it doesnt work. I even tried doing blur of the field and then setting focus back but no success.

Answer 1

Sorry I can't post this as a comment (not enough rep)

But does this same behavior happen in all browsers? I know I've had issues before with focus and scrolling with the mouse wheel in IE, but if I remember correctly this issue didn't happen in other browsers.

If it's just IE, I may be able to dig up some code I had to work around the issue.

Answer 2

I got it working. I got it by blurring the field and setting the focus back after a timeout. I cannot write here why is it working because it involves our own javascript framework. Thanks for your time.