Steps to reproduce:

1. Set up a directive with:
   • an element with ng-click
   • an input with ng-focus
2. Inside the ng-click handler, call input.focus()

Expected result:

Input will focus, and ng-focus handler will be called.

Observed result:

Input focuses, but $rootScope:inprog error thrown. Error cannot be caught. ng-focus handler never called.

Example code

http://jsfiddle.net/MVxqj/2/