I don't know about this much. But, just a while ago, i wa having problem binding focus event with live() method. Just solved it by the following code that i found somewhere on internet:
(function(){ var special = jQuery.event.special, uid1 = 'D' + (+new Date()), uid2 = 'D' + (+new Date() + 1); jQuery.event.special.focus = { setup: function() { var _self = this, handler = function(e) { e = jQuery.event.fix(e); e.type = 'focus'; if (_self === document) { jQuery.event.handle.call(_self, e); } }; jQuery(this).data(uid1, handler); if (_self === document) { /* Must be live() */ if (_self.addEventListener) { _self.addEventListener('focus', handler, true); } else { _self.attachEvent('onfocusin', handler); } } else { return false; } }, teardown: function() { var handler = jQuery(this).data(uid1); if (this === document) { if (this.removeEventListener) { this.removeEventListener('focus', handler, true); } else { this.detachEvent('onfocusin', handler); } } } }; jQuery.event.special.blur = { setup: function() { var _self = this, handler = function(e) { e = jQuery.event.fix(e); e.type = 'blur'; if (_self === document) { jQuery.event.handle.call(_self, e); } }; jQuery(this).data(uid2, handler); if (_self === document) { /* Must be live() */ if (_self.addEventListener) { _self.addEventListener('blur', handler, true); } else { _self.attachEvent('onfocusout', handler); } } else { return false; } }, teardown: function() { var handler = jQuery(this).data(uid2); if (this === document) { if (this.removeEventListener) { this.removeEventListener('blur', handler, true); } else { this.detachEvent('onfocusout', handler); } } } }; })(); -- http://ranacseruet.blogspot.com/