Re: Cursor location

by Eric Anderson <eric_anderson(at)hrsoft.com>

Date:	Fri, 05 May 2000 11:41:05 -0500
To:	"Shull, Conrad" <cshull(at)shscares.org>, "'hwg-languages(at)hwg.org'" <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	hwg
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<body onLoad="document.<formname>.<textboxname>.focus();">

where <formname> is the name of the form containing the text box and 
<textboxname> is the name of the text input box.  This should do the trick 
although some browsers may let you get away without using the <formname>.

Worse case scenario you can use document.forms[n].elements[m].focus() where 
n represents the number of the form containing the text box (0 based) and m 
represents the element number (order in which it was declared in the form, 
also 0 based).

Hope this helps!

All smiles,
Eric

At 03:04 PM 5/3/00 -0400, Shull, Conrad wrote:
>Can I force the blinking cursor to be present in a particular text input box
>when a page is loaded? I know this is the Languages list (the only one I
>continue to subscribe to; it's the most helpful to me and the least
>"flamable"), but I'd hate to have to sign up on another list just for this
>one question.
>
>Thanks,
>__________________________________
>Conrad Shull
>Information Technology Associate
>Learning Resources Center
>Susquehanna Health System
>www.shscares.org
>cshull(at)shscares.org
>webmaster(at)shscares.org
>570.321.2266

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