How do I assign focus to a input button 1

Triton001 · Feb 7, 2002

Hi,

It seems the focus() method is only used for the text, textare, checkbox and radio objects. I'm trying to give a button focus when the page is loaded but it does not seem to work. I'm getting an error telling me the button object does not exsist.

Any Ideas would be appreciated...thanks Mike

ERROR:
document.buttons.printButton is not object

CODE:
<HTML>
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<SCRIPT>
document.buttons.printButton.focus();
</SCRIPT>
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<FORM name="buttons">
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<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Print Button" NAME="printButton" ONCLICK="window.print()">
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</HTML>

Discord · Feb 7, 2002

put document.buttons.printButton.focus(); in the onload event of the body
<body onload="document.buttons.printButton.focus();">

Triton001 · Feb 7, 2002

Thanks Discord! It worked like a charm.

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How do I assign focus to a input button 1

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