Remove focus from AutoCompleteBox after selection?

[Nikhil]

Hello,

I see the autocomplete.focus() method to put the focus on the autocompletebox, but I can't find a way to remove focus from the autocompletebox. After a user selects an item from the dropdown list, the cursor still remains in the autocompletebox, blinking. I expected something like autocomplete.blur() to exists, but haven't found anything similar. Win 8 doesn't seem to think anything is in focus, so document.activeElement.blur() doesn't work, either. autocomplete.close() just removes the dropdown list. Is there anything built in to remove focus or reset the autocomplete box in order to remove the focus?

Thanks,
Nikhil

[Martin Yankov]

Hi Nikhil,

In order to force the RadAutoCompleteBox input element to lose focus in the event handler, you need to apply the blur() function in a timeout. Even a minimal timeout will be enough. Here is an example code sample:

autoCompleteBox.addEventListener("select", function (e) {
    setTimeout(function () {
        document.activeElement.blur();
    }, 15);
});

I hope this information is useful. In case of any further questions or problems do not hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Martin Yankov
Telerik

[Nikhil]

Ah, interesting. Works great, thank you!

Nikhil