how to prevent blur() running when clicking a link in jQuery?

Question

i have:

and

$(\'input\').blur(function(){
    alert(\'stay focused!\');
});

Answer 1

Delay the blur a bit. If the viewer clicks a link to another page, the page should change before this code gets a chance to run:

$('input').blur(function(){
    setTimeout(function() {alert('stay focused!');}, 1000);
});

You can experiment with what delay value for the timeout seems appropriate.