How to put focus on an element in jQuery?

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Published on 2009-02-01T06:24:03Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 21:55 UTC
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Hi,

I have done the following code in JavaScript to put focus on the particular element (branch1 is a element),

document.location.href="#branch1";

But as I am also using jQuery in my web app, so I want to do the above code in jQuery. I have tried but don't know why its not working,

$("#branch1").focus();

The above jquery (focus()) code is not working for div, whereas If i am trying the same code with textbox, then its working,

Please tell me, how can I put focus on a div elemnt using jQuery?

Thanks!

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