I have a log in page where user inputs username and password, and i want the cursor to appear in the username textfield when the user loads that page, how do i do this?
Thanks!

itsmicky

After the </body> put the following:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.form1.username.focus();
//-->
</script>

Form1 is whatever the name of your form is, and username is the name of the field you want to set the focus to.

If this doesn't work for you, try the OnPageLoad event.

-Ken

Hi Ken,
I am using ASP, the Java script seems not recognizable. (I inserted the codes but a runtime error says "document.form.fieldname.... is null or not an object"
Any suggestion? Thanks!!!

Itsmicky

What's the name of your form that the fields are sitting inside of called? What's the name of the field that you want to set the focus to?

Paste the code in a message and let us see what you have.

The code is here:

<form name="deptlog" method="post" action="<%=MM_LoginAction%>">
<p> </p>
<table width="75%" border="0" cellpadding="1" align="center" height="177">
<tr>
<td height="37">
<div align="right"><font color="#330066" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">username</font></div>
</td>
<td height="37"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#330066">
<input type="text" name="dept_user" size="20">
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="39">
<div align="right"><font color="#330066" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">password</font></div>
</td>
<td height="39"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#330066">
<input type="password" name="dept_pswd" size="20">
</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="59"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#330066"></font></td>
<td height="59"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#330066">
<input type="image" border="0" name="login" src="../Images/but_login.gif" width="113" height="39">
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

Edited by - Itsmicky on 12 Sep 2002 23:20:54

Hmm. I just tried this with your code and it worked fine on my end.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.deptlog.dept_user.focus();
//-->
</script>

Make sure this goes after your </body> code.

It's working now!!! <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Thank you buddy!