Index: bridge/src/focus.js
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--- bridge/src/focus.js	(revision 87)
+++ bridge/src/focus.js	(working copy)
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@
                     if (e.focus) {
                         e.focus();
                         logger.debug('Focus Set on [' + id + "]");
+                        try {
+                            logger.debug('Checking focus has moved to [' + id + "]");
+                            var ae = document.activeElement;
+                            if (e != ae) {
+                                logger.debug('Focus has NOT moved to [' + id + "]");
+                                e.focus();
+                                logger.debug('Second focus set on [' + id + "]");
+                            } else {
+                                logger.debug('Focus has moved to [' + id + "]");
+                            }
+                        } catch(e) {
+                            logger.info('Cannot confirm if focus was set ', e);
+                        }
                     } else {
                         logger.info('Focus cannot be set on [' + id + "]");
                     }
@@ -58,13 +71,12 @@
                     logger.info('Cannot set focus, no element for id [' + id + ']');
                 }
             } catch(e) {
-               logger.info('Cannot set focus ', e);
+                logger.info('Cannot set focus ', e);
             }
         } else {
             logger.debug('Focus interupted. Not Set on [' + id + ']');
         }
-        //ICE-1247 -- delay required for focusing newly rendered components in IE
-    }).delayFor(100);
+    });
 
     function registerElementListener(element, eventType, listener) {
         var previousListener = element[eventType];