"Stefan Mueller" <se**************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dm***********@news.imp.ch...
I've an input box
<input type = "text" name = "MyInput" value = "">
and a selection
<select name = "MySelection" size = "1">
<option value = "1">Entry 1
<option value = "2">Entry 2
</select>
With
document.MyForm.MyInput.focus();
document.MyForm.MyInput.select();
I can set the focus to the input box and select the whole text. But if I
set the focus to the selection box with
document.MyForm.MySelection.focus();
the text in the input box is still selected.
How can I unselect this text?
Stefan
PS: One possibility would be to add a hidden input box and to set the
focus to this hidden box before I set the focus to the selection. But I think
this would only be a workaround.
Will this help?
<html>
<head>
<title>blur.html</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function onloader() {
document.MyForm.MyInput.focus();
document.MyForm.MyInput.select();
}
function clearSelection () {
if (document.selection)
document.selection.empty();
else if (window.getSelection)
window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="onloader()">
<form action="" method="get" name="MyForm">
<input type="text" name="MyInput"
value="Hello World" onblur="clearSelection()">
<select name="MySelection" size="1">
<option value="1">Entry 1
<option value="2">Entry 2
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Credit
URL:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...._thread/thread
/871226cbeb74ae70/d3a48c14f66cc707?lnk=st&q=JavaScript+deselect+text &rnum=8&
hl=en#d3a48c14f66cc707
