LinuxQuestions.org - Javascript: Successive calls to focus() fail

I have a long page with a number of fields which I have to "validate". In the validation process I want to be able to tell the user about each "failed" field with an alert and have the focus on the field.

It's something like:

Code:

for (;;) {

    field = getField();



    if (field.value is incorrect) {

        field.focus();

        alert("This field is wrong");

    }

}

The alerts do show up one after the other, but only the first focus() repositions the user's view. All the others don't reposition the user's view.

I tried adding a blur() after each alert to "force" unfocusing the field, but that didn't help. Any ideas why this is happening? I'm testing with FF2. I just tested on IE and it works the way I want it to. How could I get it doen on FF?