I want to make a page that loads with the text box initially selected but can't find anything about it. I know that the Google home page does this and I have seen others. Is it perhaps a server side thing? I would think it could be done with javascript but could easily be wrong. I love being able to jump on google and just start typing and wish to use that efficiency on my own stuff. Thanks ahead.
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Loading a page with the text box ready to be typed in (google homepage
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Very simple:
[tt]
<body onload="document.someform.sometext.focus()">
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Then don't forget to name the form and text field in the html:
<form name="someform">
<input type="text" name="sometext">
...
</form>
[tt]
<body onload="document.someform.sometext.focus()">
[/tt]
Then don't forget to name the form and text field in the html:
<form name="someform">
<input type="text" name="sometext">
...
</form>
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