Set focus to a text box

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steve - 30 Jul 2005 03:08 GMT

Hi,

Here is my code to set focus on first input box.

<HTML><HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY><form name="f">
<input type=text name="n1">+
<input type=text name="n2">=
<input type=text name="sum">
<SCRIPT>
document.f.n1.focus()
</SCRIPT>
</form></BODY></HTML>

When I open the page and type something, nothing happens. How to make
it work?

Thanks.

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McKirahan - 30 Jul 2005 03:21 GMT

> Hi,
>
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>
> Thanks.

It works for me under IE and FF.

However, <SCRIPT> should be <SCRIPT type="text/javascript">

Alternatively, you could remove the <SCRIPT> section and
change the <BODY> tag to <BODY onload="document.f.n1.focus()">

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RobG - 30 Jul 2005 06:49 GMT

[...]

> It works for me under IE and FF.
>
> However, <SCRIPT> should be <SCRIPT type="text/javascript">
>
> Alternatively, you could remove the <SCRIPT> section and
> change the <BODY> tag to <BODY onload="document.f.n1.focus()">

Works for me too with Safari and Firefox on Mac.

Try moving the script outside the form (you may not be able to get a
reference to it since it isn't finished yet) or create a delay using:

...
setTimeout( 'document.f.n1.focus()', 10 );
...

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Set focus to a text box