Calling $().focus on a textarea in Firefox doesn't work as expected

Question

I\'ve reproduced the problem here: http://jsfiddle.net/Rc52x/5/

If you click on Click here! while using Chrome, the textarea gains focus and you can sta

Answer 1

You need to prevent the default action of the link: http://jsfiddle.net/JAAulde/Rc52x/7/

Firefox is following it causing the textarea to lose focus after gaining.