set back the focus in GWT

Question

I have four text boxes and one ListBox placed in a FlexTable. I make a request to server to get the list of data to populate the ListBox. When the response comes back, I populate the ListBox. This is stealing focus from the TextBox where I am giving input.

What I want is after populating the ListBox, return the focus back to the exact location where it was before.

How to do it in GWT or even in java script?

Answer 1

If You need generic solution, create class, that implements BlurHandler or FocusHandler interface. Assign object of this class to your text boxes. In onFocus/onBlur method just remember last focused widget. After populating of ListBox just call something like restoreFocus() which will call setFocus(true) on that remebered object.