I’m maintaining a site in ASP, one of the tasks is to set the focus on textbox on a page. Here is what I have tried:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.psForm['password'].focus();
//AND
document.getElementById("password").focus();
-->
</script>
I didn't think this would work... and it doesn't:
<form id="psForm" action="logonpw.asp" method="post" defaultfocus="password">
This doesn't work:
<body onload="javascript:docuument.psForm.password.focus();">
Here is the form:
<form id="psForm" action="logonpw.asp" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td>
Password:
</td>
<td>
<input type="password" name="password" value="<%= password %>" size="50">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
I’m maintaining a site in ASP, one of the tasks is to set the focus on textbox on a page. Here is what I have tried:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.psForm['password'].focus();
//AND
document.getElementById("password").focus();
-->
</script>
I didn't think this would work... and it doesn't:
<form id="psForm" action="logonpw.asp" method="post" defaultfocus="password">
This doesn't work:
<body onload="javascript:docuument.psForm.password.focus();">
Here is the form:
<form id="psForm" action="logonpw.asp" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td>
Password:
</td>
<td>
<input type="password" name="password" value="<%= password %>" size="50">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
- There is a typo in your body onload version – keithwarren7 Commented Feb 2, 2009 at 21:05
- retagged, the fact that it is ASP is irrelevant – oglester Commented Feb 2, 2009 at 21:07
- BTW, you don't need to wrap your JavaScript in ments: <!-- --> single only browsers born before 1997 will display your code instead of running it. – Diodeus - James MacFarlane Commented Feb 2, 2009 at 21:48
4 Answers
Reset to default 5Try this: Add:
id="password"
to the input tag, then use:
document.getElementById("password").focus();
a) move
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.psForm['password'].focus();
//AND
document.getElementById("password").focus();
-->
</script>
to bottom of page source.
b) fire code on load
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function handleOnLoad(){
document.psForm['password'].focus();
//AND
document.getElementById("password").focus();
}
-->
</script>
...
<body onload="handleOnLoad();">
and by the way, only the second onfocus would do any good.
<body onload="javascript:docuument.psForm.password.focus();">
should be
<body onload="javascript:document.psForm.password.focus();">
Check spelling...
<body onload="javascript:document.psForm.password.focus();">
document was misspelled