Is there a way to set the focus on a specific live.numbox from within the patch so it mimics that it was clicked by the user?

Question relates to the following problem when overwriting an automation during recording. I have an [incdec] object connected to a live.numbox and if the focus is not on the numbox a previously recorded automation in Live will update the numbox and the value set with incdec-tickbox will only shortly take effect. The automation and the tick box value compete against each other resulting in a flipping of values. There is no such problem if the focus is initially on the numbox during recording. So I am looking for a way to set the focus on the live.numbox when the [incdec] is clicked.