jQuery UI dialog button focus
When a jQuery UI dialog opens, it selects one of the buttons and highlights it or sets focus to it etc... How can I stop this behaviour so that none of the buttons are highlighted when the dialog opens?
EDIT: I tried the following in the dialog options, which didn't remove focus from the buttons:
...
open:function(event, ui) { $("myunimportantdiv").focus(); },
...
NOTE: As a temporary workaround I modified the CSS for .ui-state-focus but this isn't ideal...
Answer
Use the blur method. You can try this sample.
<html>
<head>
<title>No Focus on jQuery Dialog</title>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="ui.all.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="ui.core.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="ui.dialog.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
// Dialog to confirm or cancel
// Focuses on confirm by default.
$('#noFocusDialog').dialog({
autoOpen: false,
buttons: {
Confirm: function() {
$(this).dialog('close');
},
Cancel: function() {
$(this).dialog('close');
}
}
});
// Trigger to open the dialog
$('#openNoFocusDialog').click(function() {
$('#noFocusDialog').dialog('open');
// Remove focus on all buttons within the
// div with class ui-dialog
$('.ui-dialog :button').blur();
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a id="openNoFocusDialog" href="#">Open Dialog</a>
<div id="noFocusDialog">
<p>Confirm that no elements have focus</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>