Default value on inactive tab failed on Chrome

[ghost]

The problem only appears on Chrome (tested on Chrome 29.0.1547.66 m).

I have a use case where a user can modify an <input> value using an html <a> element. If this link is open in a new browser tab (using CTRL+click), input value is not visible in the new opened tab until the user manually focus the <input> field.
It seems to be related to this code :

// swap if there is a default value
if ($(this).val() != ''){
    hint.focus();
};

Cause the new opened tab is not active when the plugin is applied, the code associated to the focus event binded to the input doesn't seem to be executed.

I bypassed the problem by extracting the code defined in the focus event binding to a function and calling this function in the above code instead of triggering the focus event.
There might be a better way ?

[Eonasdan]

chrome supports the the placeholder attributes, why are you using a plugin to do this? The plugin's main goal is to support ancient IE browsers

[ghost]

Mainly because it is a jsf inputText (for binding purpose) that does not support the placeholder attribute.
(I need to support older browsers too)