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I need to reset Focus to Javascript after the embedded Flash file took focus. (need it for keyboard input) window.focus(); not working.

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I have a Flash application that use JavaScript for keyboard inputs. At some point the user have to click on a textfield inside the swf. Flash then takes focus away form the JavaScript. I solved this by calling the following Javascript function from Flash>

function setBrowserFocus() { window.focus(); }

This works perfect in IE but not in Firefox 3.6 I made sure that the "Raise or lower windows" is checked in Firefox options.

I have a Flash application that use JavaScript for keyboard inputs. At some point the user have to click on a textfield inside the swf. Flash then takes focus away form the JavaScript. I solved this by calling the following Javascript function from Flash> function setBrowserFocus() { window.focus(); } This works perfect in IE but not in Firefox 3.6 I made sure that the "Raise or lower windows" is checked in Firefox options.

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