jQuery Set Focus After Tab Key Press

jquery

Solution

You need to stop the default behavior, try this

$("#status").keydown(function (e) {    
  if (e.which == 9) {
    $("#statuses").html(this.value);        
    this.value = "";        
    $("#status").focus();
    e.preventDefault();
  }
});

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/7Rfqa/1/

Problem

I'm trying to set the focus to a particular text box after pressing the TAB key. There is only one text box on the page. It seems pretty simple. ``` $("#status").keydown(function (e) { if (e.which == 9) { $("#statuses").html(this.value); this.value = ""; $("#status").focus(); } }); ``` Here is my jsFiddle example: http://jsfiddle.net/7Rfqa/ If I code it for the ENTER button it works fine, but for TAB it just goes to the URL bar.

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