focus() method does not work in jquery

Question

I am trying to focus on an anchor in jquery

i am using these codes:

$(textBox).parent().next().find('a').first().focus();

or

$(textBox).parent().next().find('a')[0].focus();

but these codes does not work

while

   $(textBox).parent().next().find('a').first()

returns:

<a role="menuitem" class=""><strong>101</strong>0320117585</a>

Answer 1

Two things you should a ID on that anchor and also a tab-index, and as prefer a negative value, and it will not in IE even the 8:

<a href="someWhere" id="someName" tabindex=-1>Click Me!<a/>

Answer 2

It seems that your anchor needs to have a href attribute (at least in Chrome). If you don't need a special href you can use href="javascript:void(0);"