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Kendel

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Hello All,

Do you know how to set focus on a dropdown list?

This: document.form1.control.focus()
will work if the control is a textbox. If the control is a dropdown list, then it won't work.

Thanks.
 
Focus works fine even if it's a drop down. For eg..

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME=&quot;GENERATOR&quot; Content=&quot;Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0&quot;>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
<!--
function FocusMe()
{
document.test1.select1.focus();
}
-->

</SCRIPT>

</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form name=&quot;test1&quot; method=&quot;POST&quot; >
<SELECT id=select1 name=select1>
<OPTION> 1</OPTION>
<OPTION> 2</OPTION>

</SELECT>
<INPUT type=&quot;button&quot; value=&quot;Button&quot; id=button1 name=button1 onclick=&quot;javascript:FocusMe()&quot;>
</form>


</BODY>
</HTML>
 
But if you have the first entry is blank, you wouldn't see it but I think it is focused.

<form name=&quot;test1&quot; method=&quot;POST&quot; >
<SELECT id=select1 name=select1>
<OPTION> </OPTION>
<OPTION> 1</OPTION>
<OPTION> 2</OPTION>

</SELECT>
 
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