form field focus

nikko50 · 01-18-2006, 08:49 PM

Is it possible to place focus on a text field without using body onload??

vwphillips · 01-18-2006, 08:52 PM

onload=document.getElementById('mytextfieldid')focus();"

nikko50 · 01-18-2006, 08:54 PM

How about without using <body onload>? Thanks
Tracy

arnyinc · 01-18-2006, 09:49 PM

vwphillips suggestion can be placed in a javascript block, not in the body tag.

Just out of curiousity, why don't you want it in the <body onload>?

vwphillips · 01-18-2006, 10:19 PM

you can also use window onload

or use th call a function as previous post if the block is placed after the textbox element

plus typo
should be
onload=document.getElementById('mytextfieldid').focus();

glenngv · 01-19-2006, 03:23 AM

Typo too?

Quote:

Originally Posted by vwphillips

plus typo
should be
onload=document.getElementById('mytextfieldid').focus();

Should it be

Code:

onload=function(){document.getElementById('mytextfieldid').focus()};

?