nerdrage wrote:I believe that disabling Javascript will prevent this from happening. The problem is likely that you are typing into a box on the page, but the website hasn't completely finished loading. At some point in time, the Javascript code is loaded and executes and calls the "focus()" method on a different text box than the one you are typing in. Anger ensues.
As a workaround, I've made a conscious effort to not type anything into a page until it has completely finished loading.
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http://superuser.com/questions/96708/st ... search-box
Yeah, I'm sure that's what's happening as well, and I've almost thrown objects across the room on several occasions. I do run NoScript, but this typically happens with sites which are whitelisted and I'll need their functionality at some point. It's particularly infuriating when you have just opened a new browser and started typing a URL, only to have the start page grab the cursor halfway through. Like I said, I've resorted to opening with "about:blank", but this is still a major annoyance at other times as well.
I can't think of a single instance where cursor stealing would be desirable. I was hoping there was some little-known way to just kill that ability altogether.