Object Focus problem with Safari and Chrome browsers

Question

I have the following javascript being called to request a focus when page is loaded.

This code works 100% OK with Firefox and IE7, but Chrome and Safari do not seem

Answer 1

It took me hours searching the Internet, but finally I found a solution that works on the lastest versions of IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. The following code solves the problem for good:

This example assumes the flash is embedded using the SWFObject library. If not, you should set the f variable to the Object or Embed tag which holds the flash movie.

Edited on 5 May 2012: Well, unfortunately it seems that the tabIndex workaround no longer works for all combinations of browser (Chrome/Safari) and operating system. For instance, currently Chrome 18 on Windows fails.

See the link below, provided by Christian Junk, to get the status of the problem's resolution.