Index: sections-app/src/webapp/common/js/sections.js
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--- sections-app/src/webapp/common/js/sections.js	(revision 104643)
+++ sections-app/src/webapp/common/js/sections.js	(working copy)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 	var focusElementId = document.forms[0].name + ":elementToFocus";	
 	if(document.getElementById(focusElementId)) {
 		var elementId = document.getElementById(focusElementId).value;
-		if(document.getElementById(elementId)) {
+		if(elementId != "" && document.getElementById(elementId)) {
 				var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
 				// Focus on the desired element
 				element.focus();