onfocus() and onKeyUp

[DeSn]

Hi,

The following code works fine in IE but doesn't work in Netscape (4.79). I don't know if it is the onfocus or the onKeyUp that doesn't work.

<input name="vanA" class="textbox" type="text" size="1" style="width=20px" onKeyUp="javascript:alert(this.value.length);if(this.value.length>=2){vanB.focus();}">
/<input name="vanB" class="textbox" type="text" size="1" style="width=20px" onKeyUp="javascript:if(this.value.length>=2){vanC.focus();}">

Can anyone help me?

 

[BabyJeffy]

What you could do is test one (using a cut-down page with just, say, onKeyUp) and test the other (with just onFocus)... that way you can answer your own question of which one doesn't work (or confirm that both don't).

Then you could go to Google and do a search with the name of the browser, the word "problem" and name of the function that you don't see supported in the input tag.

I find this technique works for almost every single post on this forum.

Jeff

 

[DeSn]

The "focus()" method is the problem, but I can't find a solution

 

[Mr3Putt]

You may need to more fully qualify your object references.

Some browsers may not know what "vanB" or "vanC" is. Try referencing the objects beginning at the "document." level...

To test, try something like:

onKeyUp="if(this.value.length>=2){alert(typeof vanC);}"

...and see if "vanC" ends up being "undefined". If so, then your browser is unable to resolve the simple "vanC" reference. Be more specific.

Also note that, for onKeyUp and other events, the "javascript:" lead-in is unnecessary. The "javascript:" start is usually only needed for <a>nchor-tag href= code.