Allow particiapnts to type without needing to click in text box

I have been creating a cued-recall task. Participants will learn word pairs and during the final test they will be presented with the first word and asked to retrieve the second.

As I go through the preview, I keep having to click in the textbox before I can type my answer.

I would like to be able to type automatically without needing to click first.

I have tried various versions of:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function()
{
 $('NextButton').hide();
 if($('PreviousButton')) $('PreviousButton').hide();
 var inputText = $(this.questionId).down('.InputText');
 var evt = inputText.on('keydown', function(e) {
   if(e.which == 13) {
     evt.stop();    
     $('NextButton').click();
   }
 });
 inputText.activate();
});

 and

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {
    $(this.questionId).down('.InputText').focus().defer();
});

These were suggestions I had seen in other threads, but nothing seems to be working.

Thanks in advance!