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Making a button default

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fpgiv

fpgiv

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Oct 1, 2003
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Hi,
I have an <input type='submit'> that I want to be the default selected button when the page loads. Does anyone know how to do that?
Thanks!
~Phil
 
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<body onload='document.getElementById("mySubmit").focus'>
<input type=submit id=mySubmit>
</body>

-kaht

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Just a quick ammendment - focus is a method, and so needs () after it:

Code: 
<body onload="document.getElementById('mySubmit').focus();">
<input type="submit" id="mySubmit">
</body>

It that doesn't work in specific browsers, you might need to add in a tabIndex to your submit button:

Code: 
<input type="submit" id="mySubmit" tabindex="1">

Hope this helps,
Dan
 
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Whoops, thanks for the correction dan.

-kaht

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Also, if you only have on input and one button in a form, the button will automatically become the default when the user focuses on the input box, so that they can just fill in the input and press enter to submit.
 
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