Javascript focus() is not working anymore in firefox 22, thank You

Question

With this sample code, focus() is not working
<pre><nowiki>Name <input name=cName id=cName size=50 onblur=chkName(); />
<br>
Last Name: <input name=cLastName id=cLastName size=50 onblur=chkLastName(); />
<br>
Another Field:
<input name=cAnother id=cAnother size=15 />
<script>
function chkName() {
var cName = document.getElementById('cName').value;
if ( cName == '' ) {
alert("ERROR");
document.getElementById('cName').focus();
function chkLastName() {
var cLastName = document.getElementById('cLastName').value;
if ( cLastName == '' ) {
alert("ERROR");
document.getElementById('cLastName').focus();
</script></nowiki></pre>

Answer 1

Yes of course.
The function example I posted would be called by the onblur event and not by a submit. as has been stated previously, I also remember that it used to work. Perhaps I am wrong.
Since that is not working, I am suggesting that the OP will be forced to use the onsubmit and validate at that time to solve the problem as was also previously suggested. Using the onSubmit and returning false on invalid does work for me.
Since my last post I did determine that I can pass the id to a window.settimeout and have it work correctly, but this still does not stop the form from being posted in FireFox. Whereas an onblur navigation cancellation does prevent posting in Chrome and IE.
this is important to note because if you are depending on your javascript to validate your data you can get betray because not all the browsers treat it the same way. This is by no means a FireFox only problem. they all have their quirks.
I just wish there was a standard that we could depend on.