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Can't set focus on a password textbox... 2
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Monksnake is likely correct. You need to set the focus to the password field in the onload function of the page.
For example, this fails:
But this works fine:
-kaht
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For example, this fails:
Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">[/URL]
<html xmlns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">[/URL]
<head>
<title>title test</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("blah").focus();
</script>
<style type="text/css"></style>
</head>
<body>
<input type="password" id="blah" />
</body>
</html>But this works fine:
Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">[/URL]
<html xmlns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">[/URL]
<head>
<title>title test</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<script type="text/javascript">
[!]window.onload = function () {[/!]
document.getElementById("blah").focus();
[!]};[/!]
</script>
<style type="text/css"></style>
</head>
<body>
<input type="password" id="blah" />
</body>
</html>-kaht
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No problem, but you should probably give monksnake a star too - he was the first person to answer the question (and gave the correct answer)
-kaht
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-kaht
Looking for a puppy? [small](Silky Terriers are hypoallergenic dogs that make great indoor pets due to their lack of shedding and small size)[/small]
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Help you I will give, yes... mmmmm.....
-kaht
Looking for a puppy? [small](Silky Terriers are hypoallergenic dogs that make great indoor pets due to their lack of shedding and small size)[/small]
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