Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	(revision 10004)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms.php	(revision )
@@ -1169,7 +1173,7 @@
 		);
 			// old function "checkbox" now the option to set the date / remove the date
 		if (isset($config['checkbox'])) {
-			$item .= t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon('actions-input-clear', array('tag' => 'a', 'class' => 't3-tceforms-input-clearer', 'onclick' => 'document.getElementById(\'' . $inputId . '\').value=\'\';' . implode('', $PA['fieldChangeFunc'])));
+			$item .= t3lib_iconWorks::getSpriteIcon('actions-input-clear', array('tag' => 'a', 'class' => 't3-tceforms-input-clearer', 'onclick' => 'document.getElementById(\'' . $inputId . '\').value=\'\';document.getElementById(\'' . $inputId . '\').focus();' . implode('', $PA['fieldChangeFunc'])));
 		}
 		$mLgd = ($config['max'] ? $config['max'] : 256);
 		$iOnChange = implode('', $PA['fieldChangeFunc']);
Index: typo3/sysext/t3skin/stylesheets/visual/element_tceforms.css
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/t3skin/stylesheets/visual/element_tceforms.css	(revision 9726)
+++ typo3/sysext/t3skin/stylesheets/visual/element_tceforms.css	(revision )
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 .t3-tceforms-input-wrapper-hover .t3-tceforms-input-clearer {
 	position: absolute;
 	right: 4px;
-	top: 6px;
+	top: 28%;
 	z-index: 1000;
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .t3-tceforms-input-wrapper-datetime-hover .t3-tceforms-input-clearer {
 	position: absolute;
 	right: 24px;
-	top: 6px;
+	top: 28%;
 	z-index: 1000;
 	cursor: pointer;
 }