JavaScript: How to set focus on a textbox in a HTML form?

02-19-2004

Hi,

I have a aspx page that contains a textbox. When the page
loads, it's always the browser's address bar or other
browser controls has the focus. What I want however, is to
let the textbox have the focus, but I don't know how to do
it. I tried things like:
window.document.Form1.MyTxtBox.focus(); but that didn't
work. Can someone show me how?

Thanks

02-19-2004

weird, this code should work. Remember, you have to put it on the onLoad
event of the <body> tag.

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"feng" <> wrote in message
news:12d2201c3f6f3$5d490c20$...
> Hi,
>
> I have a aspx page that contains a textbox. When the page
> loads, it's always the browser's address bar or other
> browser controls has the focus. What I want however, is to
> let the textbox have the focus, but I don't know how to do
> it. I tried things like:
> window.document.Form1.MyTxtBox.focus(); but that didn't
> work. Can someone show me how?
>
> Thanks

02-19-2004

Here's a small html file containing a working example.

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Fadi El-Eter, itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com
"Fadi El-Eter" <> wrote in message
news:...
> weird, this code should work. Remember, you have to put it on the onLoad
> event of the <body> tag.
>
> --
> Fadi El-Eter, itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com
> "feng" <> wrote in message
> news:12d2201c3f6f3$5d490c20$...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a aspx page that contains a textbox. When the page
> > loads, it's always the browser's address bar or other
> > browser controls has the focus. What I want however, is to
> > let the textbox have the focus, but I don't know how to do
> > it. I tried things like:
> > window.document.Form1.MyTxtBox.focus(); but that didn't
> > work. Can someone show me how?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

02-19-2004

Hi,
it should work - assuming this is the first (and/or only) form on the page
try it like this
<body onload="document.forms[0].MyTxtBox.focus();">
the second form would be document.forms[1] etc
or you can try
<body onload="document.forms[0].elements[0].focus();">
elements[0] being the first form field elements[1] the second etc....

Jon

"feng" <> wrote in message
news:12d2201c3f6f3$5d490c20$...
> Hi,
>
> I have a aspx page that contains a textbox. When the page
> loads, it's always the browser's address bar or other
> browser controls has the focus. What I want however, is to
> let the textbox have the focus, but I don't know how to do
> it. I tried things like:
> window.document.Form1.MyTxtBox.focus(); but that didn't
> work. Can someone show me how?
>
> Thanks

02-19-2004

This is what I've used in the past on regular html pages, although
I've never tried it on an aspx page:

<body onload="document.Form1.MyTxtBox.focus()">

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02-27-2004

Page.RegisterStartupScript("SetFocus", "<script language=""Jscript"" > document.getElementById(""Textbox1"").focus(); </Script>")

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Rajiv. R
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"Fadi El-Eter" <> wrote in message news:...
Here's a small html file containing a working example.

--
Fadi El-Eter, itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com
"Fadi El-Eter" <> wrote in message
news:...
> weird, this code should work. Remember, you have to put it on the onLoad
> event of the <body> tag.
>
> --
> Fadi El-Eter, itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com
> "feng" <> wrote in message
> news:12d2201c3f6f3$5d490c20$...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a aspx page that contains a textbox. When the page
> > loads, it's always the browser's address bar or other
> > browser controls has the focus. What I want however, is to
> > let the textbox have the focus, but I don't know how to do
> > it. I tried things like:
> > window.document.Form1.MyTxtBox.focus(); but that didn't
> > work. Can someone show me how?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

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