Set focus on jquery tools overlay

How can I set the focus to jquery tools overlay after it's been loaded? I've tried using .focus() on a link that's in the overlay but I don't like that it's开发者_开发知识库 highlighted. So I tried to use .blur() after focus() but that doesn't work.

I also tried using tabindex on an h1 but it has the same problem of being highlighted.

I want to set the focus on my overlay so that users can press 'space' to scroll down the page within the overlay.

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If your problem with the focused link is that it is highlighted with a the dotted outline, that can be fixed like:

a {
    outline: 0;
}

You can read about this here: http://css-tricks.com/removing-the-dotted-outline/