iOS 7 Safari: OS locks up for 4 seconds when clicking/focusing on a HTML input

Question

UPDATE: The issue seems to stem from having many select elements on a page. How random is that?

So here\'s the issue. On iOS 7 Safari, when tapping

Answer 1

iOS 12.1.1 - December 2018

Here is a simple fix that worked in my case:

window.scrollTo(0,0) // attached to 'blur' event for the input fields

While it may not be ideal in terms of UX (especially if you have a form with many fields), it's definitely better than having 10+ second freezing time.