I had to solve this problem myself today, too. I found that the mousedown event fires before the blur event, so all you need to do is set a variable that indicates that a mousedown event occurred first, and then manage your blur event appropriately if so.
var mousedownHappened = false;
$('input').blur(function() {
if(mousedownHappened) // cancel the blur event
{
alert('stay focused!');
$('input').focus();
mousedownHappened = false;
}
else // blur event is okay
{
// Do stuff...
}
});
$('a').mousedown(function() {
mousedownHappened = true;
});
Hope this helps you!!