With the example you provided I was able to select the first cell of the everpresentrow upon load of the page. I was also able to select the first cell of the everpresentrow after the first row was added. BUT for the second row and every other row added, the first cell is selected and then appears to lose focus. The reason I say this is because the Add/Reset buttons flash beneath the first cell. What other functions/methods/events execute after the addrow callback function has completed (and could possibly “steal” the focus from the first cell)?