You can set the focus to a selected field with rules. 
Giving a list of controls as an array and the name of a target control:  
If the target control has error, we set the focus to this control, otherwise we should set the focus to the next non-disabled field in the list. 
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// Create three fields        
document.getElementById("ux-focus-example01").innerHTML = 
    ui.input( "Field 1", "ux-focus01", "" ) 
        +ui.button("ux-focus01b1","Set error",{link:"javascript:ux.set('ux-focus01','error')"}) 
        +ui.button("ux-focus01b2","Set clear",{link:"javascript:ux.set('ux-focus01','clear')"}) 
    +'<br>' 
    +ui.input( "Field 2", "ux-focus02", "" ) 
        +ui.button("ux-focus02b1","Set disabled",{link:"javascript:ux.set('ux-focus02','disabled')"}) 
        +ui.button("ux-focus02b2","Set clear",{link:"javascript:ux.set('ux-focus02','clear')"}) 
    +'<br>' 
    +ui.input( "Field 3", "ux-focus03", "" ) 
    +'<br>' 
    +'<br>' 
    +ui.button("ux-focus01b1","ux.focus(next after =<br> 'Field 1')",{link:"javascript:ux.focus(['ux-focus01','ux-focus02','ux-focus03'],'ux-focus01')"}); 
Preview: (Try to set error/disable and then click Set Focus) 
In the Preview section of the example you can try using the button controls "Set error" and "Set clear"   
  
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