iPad Safari - Make keyboard disappear

Question

In iPad Safari browser, when I change focus from a textbox to a dropdown, the keyboard still remains... Is there some way (maybe with Javascript) I can hide the keyboard when user blurs from the textbox?

Indirectly speaking, I am looking for a equivalent of (but in Mobile Safari)

[tempTextField resignFirstResponder];  

Answer 1

I found the solution for this at http://uihacker.blogspot.com/2011/10/javascript-hide-ios-soft-keyboard.html. Essentially, just do this (it worked for me):

var hideKeyboard = function() {     document.activeElement.blur();     $("input").blur(); }; 

Answer 2

I had iPad with iOS 5.0.1 not hiding the keyboard after successful login on my site. I solved by simply executing the javascript command

document.activeElement.blur(); 

after successful login and now the keyboard is correctly hidden :-)