setfocus after alert in javascript

[amy]

I have the follow javascript code in xsl file.
function focusme()
{
alert('wow');
document.papercaltbl('printorder').focus();
}

When you click the Submit button in the table, it call this function
to set focus to the printorder input field.

If the printorder is the first input field, then the set focus does
not work the first time call the function. It works the second time
and thereafter.
Note, if there is not alert before set focus, then it works everytime.


Now if the printorder is not the first input field, then it works
every time when call the function( including the first time). It's so
weird.


Any thought?

Amy