jQuery handing both focus and click on an element

Question

I\'m trying to determine workflow to fine-tune a data entry web application. Picture several address forms on a single web page:

  1. Name___________
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Answer 1

Just bind the focus and then check the event to see if e.which == 9 // tab.

My original idea did not work (thanks @Juan). Using the combination of events should get you where you want to be. If the user clicks into the text box the last key press will not be a tab. All inputs are watching and storing the last key code to pass to the focus event. here is the fiddle

var lastKeyCode = 0;
$('input').focus(function(e) {
    if(lastKeyCode == 9)
         // tabbed into field
    else
         // clicked into field
}).keydown(function(e){
    if(e.which == 9) // added timeout to clear lastkeypress
        setTimeout(function(){lastKeyPress = 0}, 50);
    lastKeyPress = e.which; // store last key code
});