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cursor in position
When a page is opened is there a way to set focus of the cursor to a named
input. I want the cursor to be in the input box when the page is opened. Thanks |
Re: cursor in position
Using client-side script, not ASP, you can.
<body onload="document.nameofform.nameofinput.focus();"> Ray at work "Gonzosez" <tbyam@hinklemfgNS.com> wrote in message news:OAoF7uqfDHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > When a page is opened is there a way to set focus of the cursor to a named > input. > I want the cursor to be in the input box when the page is opened. > Thanks > > |
Re: cursor in position
Gonzosez wrote:
> When a page is opened is there a way to set focus of the cursor to a > named input. > I want the cursor to be in the input box when the page is opened. > Thanks This is a client-side coding question which is off-topic for this newsgroup (ASP is server-side technology). In the future please direct your client-side questions to a newsgroup with DHTML in its name, or to one of the microsoft.pyoblic.scripting newsgroups. To answer your question, set the id property of the input and then put the following line of code in the window_onload event: inputid.focus HTH, Bob Barrows |
Re: cursor in position
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Gonzosez" <tbyam@hinklemfgNS.com>
writing in news:OAoF7uqfDHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl: > When a page is opened is there a way to set focus of the cursor to a > named input. > I want the cursor to be in the input box when the page is opened. > Thanks > > You might want to think twice about wanting to do this. If someone is on a slow connection, and the page has partially loaded, they might start filling out the form, get two fields completed, then suddenly, they are back to field 1, but they are still typing info for field 3. -- Adrienne Boswell Please respond to the group so others can share http://www.arbpen.com |
Re: cursor in position
Good point. My web banking login page does that, and not only does it set
focus, it also executes a form.reset(); which irritates me beyond belief. I'm on a fast connection, but their servers are ungodly slow. They have 7 NT servers for 630 banks. Unacceptable. Ray at work "Adrienne" <arbpen@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:Xns93FB709507A2Aarbpenyahoocom@207.115.63.158 ... > Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Gonzosez" <tbyam@hinklemfgNS.com> > writing in news:OAoF7uqfDHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl: > > > When a page is opened is there a way to set focus of the cursor to a > > named input. > > I want the cursor to be in the input box when the page is opened. > > Thanks > > > > > > You might want to think twice about wanting to do this. If someone is on a > slow connection, and the page has partially loaded, they might start > filling out the form, get two fields completed, then suddenly, they are > back to field 1, but they are still typing info for field 3. > > -- > Adrienne Boswell > Please respond to the group so others can share > http://www.arbpen.com |
Re: cursor in position
It is possible to escape that one.
Put the form in a layer that is set to not visible. After the page has loaded set the layer to visible again. Meindert, MCP > > When a page is opened is there a way to set focus of the cursor to a > > named input. > > I want the cursor to be in the input box when the page is opened. > > Thanks > > > > > > You might want to think twice about wanting to do this. If someone is on a > slow connection, and the page has partially loaded, they might start > filling out the form, get two fields completed, then suddenly, they are > back to field 1, but they are still typing info for field 3. > |
Re: cursor in position
I get this a lot in a web application I've written for my company. Just
about EVERY page is some sort of data entry page, and (of course) everyone wants the focus placed when the page loads. I get around this by putting all of my javascript at the END of the page, rather than in the <head> section, with the last line of script being the ..focus() line. That way, the page and all of its elements have completely loaded before any client-side instructions are executed. This has the added benefit of cutting way way back on "object required" and "not found" errors. Some of the pages are huge, and involve mind-numbingly lengthy client-side validation scripts. When I inherited the application, those scripts were scattered all over the page. What I do now is declare a server-side array at the top of the page, adding the client-side function code to it as the page builds (each element gets a function or discrete instruction), then as a last step write the SCRIPT tag, loop the array writing all the javascript, then close the script. - Wm "It may be wrong but you wanted it fast" Morris -- William Morris Product Development, Seritas LLC "Adrienne" <arbpen@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:Xns93FB709507A2Aarbpenyahoocom@207.115.63.158 ... > Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Gonzosez" <tbyam@hinklemfgNS.com> > writing in news:OAoF7uqfDHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl: > > > When a page is opened is there a way to set focus of the cursor to a > > named input. > > I want the cursor to be in the input box when the page is opened. > > Thanks > > > > > > You might want to think twice about wanting to do this. If someone is on a > slow connection, and the page has partially loaded, they might start > filling out the form, get two fields completed, then suddenly, they are > back to field 1, but they are still typing info for field 3. > > -- > Adrienne Boswell > Please respond to the group so others can share > http://www.arbpen.com |
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