I've written a web-page login form in ASP.net.
Using a Nexus 4, stock Android 4.2.1, native Chrome browser - when I click on the <input>
fields, the soft keyboard appears and then the field immediately loses focus. I have to click the <input>
field again with the keyboard already open to actually enter text.
This doesn't happen in Chrome on a desktop.
I have the following login form in an ASP user control:
<asp:Login ID="login_form" runat="server" OnLoginError="OnFail" OnLoggedIn="OnLoggedIn" RenderOuterTable="false" RememberMeSet="True">
<LayoutTemplate>
<asp:Panel runat="server" DefaultButton="LoginButton" CssClass="members-login">
<fieldset>
<label for="UserName">Username</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="username" placeholder="e.g. joebloggs12" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<label for="Password">Password</label>
<asp:TextBox ID="password" runat="server" placeholder="e.g. 1234" TextMode="Password"></asp:TextBox>
<label id="RememberMe">Remember me</label>
<asp:CheckBox ID="RememberMe" runat="server" />
<asp:Button CssClass="button" ID="LoginButton" runat="server" CommandName="Login" Text="SUBMIT" />
</fieldset>
</asp:Panel>
</LayoutTemplate>
</asp:Login>
which appears to the browser like this:
<div class="members-login" onkeypress="javascript:return WebForm_FireDefaultButton(event, 'ContentPlaceHolderDefault_contentBody_masterContent_login_form_LoginButton')">
<fieldset>
<label for="UserName">Username</label>
<input name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderDefault$contentBody$masterContent$login_form$username" type="text" id="ContentPlaceHolderDefault_contentBody_masterContent_login_form_username" placeholder="e.g. joebloggs12" />
<label for="Password">Password</label>
<input name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderDefault$contentBody$masterContent$login_form$password" type="password" id="ContentPlaceHolderDefault_contentBody_masterContent_login_form_password" placeholder="e.g. 1234" />
<label id="RememberMe">Remember me</label>
<input id="ContentPlaceHolderDefault_contentBody_masterContent_login_form_RememberMe" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderDefault$contentBody$masterContent$login_form$RememberMe" checked="checked" />
<input type="submit" name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderDefault$contentBody$masterContent$login_form$LoginButton" value="SUBMIT" id="ContentPlaceHolderDefault_contentBody_masterContent_login_form_LoginButton" class="button" />
</fieldset>
</div>
My suspicion is that the ViewState is stealing focus somehow. But I tried event.stopPropogation()
which didn't help.
Temporary fix
For now I've settled for a hacky fix, forcing focus back onto the <input>
element 700 milliseconds after a click:
jQuery('input').bind('click',function(evt) {
var focusClosure = (function(inputElem) {return function() {console.log(inputElem.focus());}}($(evt.target)));
window.setTimeout(focusClosure, 700);
});