AngularJS ngFocus and ngBlur directives - one way to get them before they get released. Before using, consider re-naming ngFocus and ngBlur to something that doesn't invade the ng namespace, e.g. replace all 'ngFocus' and 'ngBlur' strings with 'ngcFocus' and 'ngcBlur' (where c = cats/custom).

ngFocusAndBlur.js

app.directive('ngFocus', ['$parse', function($parse) {
  return function(scope, element, attr) {
    var fn = $parse(attr['ngFocus']);
    element.bind('focus', function(event) {
      scope.$apply(function() {
        fn(scope, {$event:event});
      });
    });
  }
}]);

app.directive('ngBlur', ['$parse', function($parse) {
  return function(scope, element, attr) {
    var fn = $parse(attr['ngBlur']);
    element.bind('blur', function(event) {
      scope.$apply(function() {
        fn(scope, {$event:event});
      });
    });
  }
}]);

@eliotsykes : Can I call a function on this blur event.