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For the last ~ 6 months I have had this nagging issue whereby if I click into
an edit control on a form in IE, the cursor blinks once (showing that focus
is set in the edit control), but then loses its focus in the control. The
end result is that I start typing away and nothing is being entered into the
control, or worse I am on a form where I go to hit a carriage return and the
focus is lost to a submit button and my act causes the button to be
activated. Then I have to go back and click into the control again to regain
focus within the control. At first I thought that this was specific to .asp
forms, but I have reproduced it (today) when logging into my Windows Live ID.
I clicked on the Password control, it blinked once, I started typing, looked
back up and noticed that nothing was being typed, I clicked into the control
again to regain focus and was able to start typing successfully.
This is a "consistently random" issue - it doesn't always do this, but it
happens enough to drive me crazy. At first I thought it was because I had
switched over to a wireless mouse (using when I have my laptop docked), but I
got a new wireless mouse and the issue persisted. I even confirmed that this
happens when using my touchpad on my IBM laptop.
I also upgraded my IE from 6 to 7, but the issue persists.
I can't think of anything else that I changed that would attribute to this
behavior. I can't find anything under searches. I've asked IT industry
collegues and they look at me like I have a second head.
Please tell me if there is a better forum to post this under as I could not
find one that would more appropriately address this.
an edit control on a form in IE, the cursor blinks once (showing that focus
is set in the edit control), but then loses its focus in the control. The
end result is that I start typing away and nothing is being entered into the
control, or worse I am on a form where I go to hit a carriage return and the
focus is lost to a submit button and my act causes the button to be
activated. Then I have to go back and click into the control again to regain
focus within the control. At first I thought that this was specific to .asp
forms, but I have reproduced it (today) when logging into my Windows Live ID.
I clicked on the Password control, it blinked once, I started typing, looked
back up and noticed that nothing was being typed, I clicked into the control
again to regain focus and was able to start typing successfully.
This is a "consistently random" issue - it doesn't always do this, but it
happens enough to drive me crazy. At first I thought it was because I had
switched over to a wireless mouse (using when I have my laptop docked), but I
got a new wireless mouse and the issue persisted. I even confirmed that this
happens when using my touchpad on my IBM laptop.
I also upgraded my IE from 6 to 7, but the issue persists.
I can't think of anything else that I changed that would attribute to this
behavior. I can't find anything under searches. I've asked IT industry
collegues and they look at me like I have a second head.
Please tell me if there is a better forum to post this under as I could not
find one that would more appropriately address this.