Make a form field have initial focus

**Zhiquan** · Aug 22nd, 2002, 05:58 AM

heya all,

I have a couple of text boxes on a web page. How do I make 1 particular textbox have the initial focus? ie i can just start typing without having to click on the textbox

**axion_sa** · Aug 22nd, 2002, 06:17 AM

Code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
	document.all["Textbox"].focus();
</SCRIPT>

**punkpie_uk** · Aug 22nd, 2002, 08:37 AM

try putting it in the bodys onload event...

Code:

<body onload="document.getElementById('text1').focus();">

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