elements of a form

[kirku]

hello,
i'm not very good with english
i will explain my problem wit an exemple:
// i have a form called dati
var nome_var="email"; //for exemple
ex1=document.dati.elements[nome_var].value //it's ok, work right
document.dati.email.focus( ) //it's ok, work
right
document.dati.elements['email'].focus( ) //it's ok, work right
//but i need something like this:
document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus //IT IS NOT OK

how can i get focus to "emial" element of form dati, using a variable unitl
the 'name'.

thank you for help.

[McKirahan]

"kirku" <ki****@nospam.it> wrote in message
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hello,
i'm not very good with english
i will explain my problem wit an exemple:
// i have a form called dati
var nome_var="email"; //for exemple
ex1=document.dati.elements[nome_var].value //it's ok, work right
document.dati.email.focus( ) //it's ok, work
right
document.dati.elements['email'].focus( ) //it's ok, work right
//but i need something like this:
document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus //IT IS NOT OK

how can i get focus to "emial" element of form dati, using a variable unitl the 'name'.

thank you for help.

Try ".focus()".

Also, try "document.getElementById(nome_var).focus()".

[Lee]

kirku said:

hello,
i'm not very good with english
i will explain my problem wit an exemple:
// i have a form called dati
var nome_var="email"; //for exemple
ex1=document.dati.elements[nome_var].value //it's ok, work right
document.dati.email.focus( ) //it's ok, work
right
document.dati.elements['email'].focus( ) //it's ok, work right
//but i need something like this:
document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus //IT IS NOT OK

how can i get focus to "emial" element of form dati, using a variable unitl
the 'name'.

document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus();

[Michael Winter]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:05:07 GMT, McKirahan <Ne**@McKirahan.com> wrote:

[snip]

Also, try "document.getElementById(nome_var).focus()".

Which won't work unless nome_var represents the id of the control.

Mike

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[kirku]

"Lee" <RE**************@cox.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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kirku said:

hello,
i'm not very good with english
i will explain my problem wit an exemple:
// i have a form called dati
var nome_var="email"; //for exemple
ex1=document.dati.elements[nome_var].value //it's ok, work right
document.dati.email.focus( ) //it's ok, work
right
document.dati.elements['email'].focus( ) //it's ok, work right
//but i need something like this:
document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus //IT IS NOT OK

how can i get focus to "emial" element of form dati, using a variable unitlthe 'name'.

document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus();

it don't work, i forget the ( ) above in the exemple, but i used on script,
but it don't work!

[Randy Webb]

kirku wrote:

"Lee" <RE**************@cox.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:cm********@drn.newsguy.com...

kirku said:

hello,
i'm not very good with english
i will explain my problem wit an exemple:
// i have a form called dati
var nome_var="email"; //for exemple
ex1=document.dati.elements[nome_var].value //it's ok, work right
document.dati.email.focus( ) //it's ok, work
right
document.dati.elements['email'].focus( ) //it's ok, work right
//but i need something like this:
document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus //IT IS NOT OK

how can i get focus to "emial" element of form dati, using a variable
unitl
the 'name'.

document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus();

it don't work, i forget the ( ) above in the exemple, but i used on script,
but it don't work!

Post the URL to a sample page that displays your problem.

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[denisb]

kirku <ki****@nospam.it> wrote:

"Lee" <RE**************@cox.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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kirku said:

how can i get focus to "emial" element of form dati, using a variable
unitl the 'name'.

document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus();

it don't work, i forget the ( ) above in the exemple, but i used on script,
but it don't work!

pero una cosa cosi :

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<!-- <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> -->
<html lang="fr">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>dov'e il focus ?</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="dati">
email : <input type="text" name="email">
nome : <input type="text" name="nome">
cita : <input type="text" name="cita">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var nome_var;
var valore_var;
nome_var = "nome";
valore_var = "alighieri";
document.dati.elements[nome_var].value = valore_var;
alert("primo passagio : " + nome_var + " : " + valore_var);
document.dati.elements[nome_var].select();
nome_var = "cita";
valore_var = "firenze";
document.dati.elements[nome_var].value = valore_var;
alert("secundo passagio : " + nome_var + " : " + valore_var);
document.dati.elements[nome_var].select();
nome_var = "email";
valore_var = "@inferno";
document.dati.elements[nome_var].value = valore_var;
alert("tertio passagio : " + nome_var + " : " + valore_var);
document.dati.elements[nome_var].focus();
</script>
</body>
</html>

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