set focus on a checkbox

[mtawk]

Hello,
Is there a way to setfocus on a checkbox?
i tried select() and focus(), they work on <INPUT TYPE=&quot;TEXT&quot;> but not on <INPUT TYPE=&quot;CHECKBOX&quot;>.

thanks in advance for any help

 

[JavaStripped]

I'm not sure why those don't work;

select()

is a method of check boxes and radio buttons, and

focus()

is a core method and so should work on all elements.

Just in case: According to Inside JavaScript by Steven Holzner,

select()

does not exist in Netscape at all. I currently only develop for IE, because it's the only browser my clients use, so it's not an issue for me.

The only thing I can suggest is to check your syntax and check for typos. Those two things cause 99% of my script errors.

Control syntax:

document.formname.controlname.select()

where

formname

and

controlname

are the names of your form and control, respectively.

Apologies if you already know this, but like I said above, it's the basics that get me all the time; when processes become automatic, you don't check them as closely as you would otherwise.

Hope this helps!
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