Setting Focus on first entry field. 1

BPetro · Oct 8, 2002

I've created a number of pages and all is working just fine, except to get started you must take the mouse and set your focus on the first field before beginning data entry. I know there's got to be a way to set focus to the first entry field, but darned if I can find it in the books I've got.

Can someone share how to do this? Either JScript or VBScript is fine.

Thanks!

cbokowski · Oct 8, 2002

you should be able to do this. I would put it
just before the end form tag.

<script language=vbscript>
document.[your form name].[your control].focus
'ex document.frm.txtName.Focus
</script>

onpnt · Oct 8, 2002

<body onLoad="formname.inputname.focus();"> A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

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BPetro · Oct 8, 2002

Thanks to all, onpnt appears to have won the simplicity award!

Tarwn · Oct 8, 2002

Code:

[whine]But he didn't have his nifty square brackets  [/whine]

-Tarwn "If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen all day long." - California saying
"To you or the toad" - Niven's restatement of California saying
"-well most of the time anyway..." - programmers caveat to Niven's restatement of California saying
(The Wiz Biz - Ri

onpnt · Oct 8, 2002

not trying to outdue, trying to create options A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

http://www.onpntwebdesigns.com

admin@onpntwebdesigns.com

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