Element Focus on Body load

Mica Cooper

Trying to set the focus to an element of input type on loading the page.
This is the code I used but it doesn't work. Any suggestions? (IE 6,
Windows)

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
funcion setFocus() {
document.formname.fieldname.onfocus();
}
</SCRIPT>

<BODY onload="setFocus()">

Thanks,
Mica

Jul 20 '05 #1

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Jerry Park

Mica Cooper wrote:

Trying to set the focus to an element of input type on loading the page.
This is the code I used but it doesn't work. Any suggestions? (IE 6,
Windows)

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
funcion setFocus() {
document.formname.fieldname.onfocus();
}
</SCRIPT>

<BODY onload="setFocus()">

Thanks,
Mica

Well, the setFocus() routine should say
document.formname.fieldname.focus(), but why not just say that in the
onload statement?

Jul 20 '05 #2

Mica Cooper

Jerry,

Many thanks. I was using JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman and it lists on
the bottom of page 66 document.formname.fieldname.onfocus();
as the proper way to give a field focus. Thank you for correcting me.

You are correct that I could do it in the onLoad but there are sometimes
more than one thing so I actually use and init() in the onLoad that would
call the setFocus method.

Thanks Again,
Mica Cooper

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Mica Cooper wrote:
Trying to set the focus to an element of input type on loading the page.
This is the code I used but it doesn't work. Any suggestions? (IE 6,
Windows)

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
funcion setFocus() {
document.formname.fieldname.onfocus();
}
</SCRIPT>

<BODY onload="setFocus()">

Thanks,
Mica

Well, the setFocus() routine should say
document.formname.fieldname.focus(), but why not just say that in the
onload statement?

Jul 20 '05 #3

@SM

Mica Cooper a ecrit :

Trying to set the focus to an element of input type on loading the page.
This is the code I used but it doesn't work. Any suggestions? (IE 6,
Windows)

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
funcion setFocus() {
document.formname.fieldname.onfocus();
// it is not 'onfocus' but 'focus'
document.forms['formname'].elements['fieldname'].focus();

}
onload=setFocus;

</SCRIPT>

<BODY onload="setFocus()">

onload in tag BODY is no more authorised (I think ...)
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Jul 20 '05 #4

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen

"Mica Cooper" <mi*********@microcore.net> writes:

Many thanks. I was using JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman and it lists on
the bottom of page 66 document.formname.fieldname.onfocus();
as the proper way to give a field focus. Thank you for correcting me.

I would recommend using:
document.forms['formname'].elements['fieldname'].focus();
That is also correct according to the W3C DOM, as well as backwards
compatible with all (JS-enabled) browsers.

/L
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Jul 20 '05 #5

Mica Cooper

Hey backward compatibility.
I'll do that. Appreciate the tip.

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"Mica Cooper" <mi*********@microcore.net> writes:
Many thanks. I was using JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman and it lists on the bottom of page 66 document.formname.fieldname.onfocus();
as the proper way to give a field focus. Thank you for correcting me.
I would recommend using:
document.forms['formname'].elements['fieldname'].focus();
That is also correct according to the W3C DOM, as well as backwards
compatible with all (JS-enabled) browsers.

/L
--
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lr*@hotpop.com
DHTML Death Colors:

<URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/rasterTriangleDOM.html> 'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

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