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.

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/