id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blocking	blockedby
4043	animation on input or textarea results in loss of cursor and possibly keyboard input.	smokinggun		"Tested with Wekbit nightly build and FF 3.05

Using code such as the below, animating an input or text area will cause the cursor to disappear for the focused input. On Safari text input is no longer accepted, unless the users clicks back into the input. On FF the 

{{{
$("".resize"").
        focus(function(){$(this).animate({height:""6em""}, 500)}).
        blur(function(){$(this).animate({height:""1em""}, 500)})
}}}

There is a demonstration at: 
http://smokinggun.com/temp/webkit_focus.html

The demonstration includes a non-jQuery animation routine which creates the desired results. "	bug	closed	major	1.3.2	effects	1.3.1	worksforme	input focus animation