Netscape, frames & setting focus

[register_allocation]

I have a frameset where I call a JavaScript function in the onLoad
method:

.... <frameset cols="..." onLoad="setFn()">
... <frame name="data_frame" ...>
</frameset>

In setFn, I am dynamically loading the contents of the 'data_frame',
which works fine. I then want to set focus to the 'data_frame':

setFn() { ...
frames.data_frame.location = 'whatever.html';
frames.data_frame.focus();
}

This seems to work OK in IE and Galeon. It doesn't seem to work at all
in Mozilla 1.2.1 (Linux), Netscape 7.1, or Netscape 8.0 (both Win98).

Am I doing something wrong? Is this a known problem? If so, is there a
work around?

thanks,
register_allocation

[Randy Webb]

register_allocation said the following on 8/9/2006 10:34 PM:

I have a frameset where I call a JavaScript function in the onLoad
method:

.... <frameset cols="..." onLoad="setFn()">
... <frame name="data_frame" ...>
</frameset>

In setFn, I am dynamically loading the contents of the 'data_frame',
which works fine. I then want to set focus to the 'data_frame':

setFn() { ...
frames.data_frame.location = 'whatever.html';
frames.data_frame.focus();
}

This seems to work OK in IE and Galeon. It doesn't seem to work at all
in Mozilla 1.2.1 (Linux), Netscape 7.1, or Netscape 8.0 (both Win98).

Am I doing something wrong? Is this a known problem? If so, is there a
work around?

The problem is not using a proper reference to the frames:

window.frames['data_frame'].focus();

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[Spurrious Umlaut]

Randy Webb <Hi************@aol.comwrote in
news:qq******************************@comcast.com:

register_allocation said the following on 8/9/2006 10:34 PM:

[snip]

>>
setFn() { ...
frames.data_frame.location = 'whatever.html';
frames.data_frame.focus();
}

[snip]

>
The problem is not using a proper reference to the frames:

window.frames['data_frame'].focus();

No joy Works in Galeon, not in Mozilla :-(

register_allocation

[tcole6]

Have you tried setting focus on an element with the frame's document?
Spurrious Umlaut wrote:

Randy Webb <Hi************@aol.comwrote in
news:qq******************************@comcast.com:

register_allocation said the following on 8/9/2006 10:34 PM:

[snip]

>
setFn() { ...
frames.data_frame.location = 'whatever.html';
frames.data_frame.focus();
}

[snip]

The problem is not using a proper reference to the frames:

window.frames['data_frame'].focus();

No joy Works in Galeon, not in Mozilla :-(

register_allocation