input focus in jquery mobile, but keyboard doesn't appear

Question

I\'m using jquery,jquery mobile and phonegap. I want to show the keyboard one this page with input type=\"text\".

Answer 1

None of the previous solutions worked for me. However, I noticed that $('textarea').focus().select(); worked after I access the page a second time. So, I force the jquery mobile to data-prefetch my comment box page.

This is my generic JQM initialization code (which doesn't work without 'data-prefetch'):

$('#comment-box-page').live('pageshow', function () {
   $('textarea').focus().select();
});

On the list page there is a fake image of a small text box, that redirects to comment-box.html, which is just a big test area with post and cancel buttons.

• data-prefetch is what is making the difference. When you click the link, the page will behave as it was the second time you visited it, enabling focus and bringing the keyboard up.