How to remove focus from input field in jQuery?

Question

I am setting the focus on a certain input field when loading a page using the following line:

$(\'#myInputID\').focus();

Is there a way th

Answer 1

If you have readonly attribute, blur by itself would not work. Contraption below should do the job.

$('#myInputID').removeAttr('readonly').trigger('blur').attr('readonly','readonly');