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Use javascript in the <body> tag of your page.<br>
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Use this syntax:<br>
<body onload="document.myform.myfield.focus();"><br>
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With the code above you have to give your form and field a name eg name="myform" and name="myfield".<br>
With the next bit of code it will set the focus to the first element in the first form on your page. So no need to name your form, or specify its name in the code.<br>
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<body onload="document.forms[0].elements[0].focus();"><br>
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This should work on Netscape 3 upwards.<br>
<br>
Use this syntax:<br>
<body onload="document.myform.myfield.focus();"><br>
<br>
With the code above you have to give your form and field a name eg name="myform" and name="myfield".<br>
With the next bit of code it will set the focus to the first element in the first form on your page. So no need to name your form, or specify its name in the code.<br>
<br>
<body onload="document.forms[0].elements[0].focus();"><br>
<br>
This should work on Netscape 3 upwards.<br>
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