Set Focus

topshed · July 2nd, 2005, 01:28 AM

I am having a problem with Classic ASP, I want to set focus to the starting form at the top of the script

There appears to be lots of information on how to do it with .NET, but I don't use it just basic ASP

Can anyone point me in the right direction please

Thanks

Topshed :)

dwithrow · July 2nd, 2005, 04:42 AM

Topshed,

There are a lot of things you need/want to do with a web page that APS can't do. That's why you need a good working knowledge of javascript and HTML to get everything to work well. Focus is a good example. ASP.NET takes care of this handily, but not ASP.

If all you want to do is set the focus to a particular form field when the page is rendered, do it in the <body> tag with 'onload'. Example:
<body onload='document.frmLogin.username.focus();'>

HTH,
Don

Imar · July 2nd, 2005, 07:06 AM

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quote:Focus is a good example. ASP.NET takes care of this handily, but not ASP.

Can you give an example how ASP.NET takes care of that??

Imar
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topshed · July 2nd, 2005, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by dwithrow
If all you want to do is set the focus to a particular form field when the page is rendered, do it in the <body> tag with 'onload'. Example:
<body onload='document.frmLogin.username.focus();'>

Yes I am aware of the need to learn Java but dont I need a small scxript to utilise <body onload='document.frmLogin.username.focus();'>
in Vanilla ASP

Thanx
Topshed

dwithrow · July 2nd, 2005, 10:16 AM

No need for any script. You're executing focus() from the onload property of the page body. Just make sure you have a form and controls on that form -
<body onload='document.<your form name>.<your input text box>.focus();'>

topshed · July 2nd, 2005, 08:49 PM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by dwithrow
No need for any script. You're executing focus() from the onload property of the page body. Just make sure you have a form and controls on that form -
<body onload='document.<your form name>.<your input text box>.focus();'>

Thanks a lot that fixed it without all the Java stuff

Great stuff

topshed:)