DigitalBoy
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How do I set the focus on a hidden form object when a page is loaded?
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Focus on a hidden form object
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hmmm why do you want to do that? IE gave me this error when I tried (with input type=hidden):
"Cannot move focus to control because it is invisible, not enabled, or of a type that does not accept the focus." jaredn@subdimension.com -
"Cannot move focus to control because it is invisible, not enabled, or of a type that does not accept the focus." jaredn@subdimension.com -
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DigitalBoy
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I got the same error. Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way. Here is what I want to do:
I have an object on an html page (most likely a <div> or <table>) that I want to be visible for 8 seconds after which it disappears. The way I have it set up now is that after 8 seconds Page A loads Page B which is an exact copy but without the object. Now I need to have a way to call that image back on a key press. So on Page B I have a form object "listening" for a key press. The only problem is that the form object is visible.
Am I going about this the wrong way? Is there a way to do this (in NS only because it is the closest thing to the browser that I am developing for,) using only one page?
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I have an object on an html page (most likely a <div> or <table>) that I want to be visible for 8 seconds after which it disappears. The way I have it set up now is that after 8 seconds Page A loads Page B which is an exact copy but without the object. Now I need to have a way to call that image back on a key press. So on Page B I have a form object "listening" for a key press. The only problem is that the form object is visible.
Am I going about this the wrong way? Is there a way to do this (in NS only because it is the closest thing to the browser that I am developing for,) using only one page?
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Of course, focus is impossible to set on invisible object. you are going in the wrong direction. Just put your image in a div:
and then in call splash(), i.e. <body onload="splash()">
and in the header make these two functions:
...and that's it. Now if someone wants to see the image again, just change the status of visibility property back to visible.
---
---
Code:
<div id="mySplash"><img src="yourIMG.gif"></div>and in the header make these two functions:
Code:
<head>
<script>
function splash()
{
t=setTimeout("hideIt()",8000)
}
function hideIt()
{
document.all.mySplash.style.visibility="hidden";
}---
---
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DigitalBoy
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Ah, but here is the issue. I'm developing for interactive television. The browser that I'm developing for cannot use any CSS. I'm going to have to do this, I think, by toggling the <div> or <layer> on or off, something I haven't had the pleasure of coding yet.
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