Answer dialog focus on OSX using mousedown call

[Jeff Reynolds]

If i call and ask dialog from a mousedown handler, the ask dialog  
buttons in the dialog box does not appear to have the screen focus  
when its brought up so it takes two clicks to activate a button (ie  
one to bring the window into focus and the second to activate the  
button.) if i do the same call from a mouseup the ask dialog comes up  
with the proper focus.

any ideas of how to work around this so that it can be called from  
the mousedown handler? tried a lot of fiddles, but only calling the  
ask from a mouseup will make it work 100% of the time. appears to be  
something with the mouseup message from the button the ask dialog was  
called from stealing focus or the ask window after its brought up.

found this in 2.6.1, but apps built with 2.8 also do it.

cheers,

Jeffrey Reynolds