How to focus on an input field when the page is loaded

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The object model provides a .focus() method.
Simply reference the field and call its focus method in the onload event as shown below:


	<body onload="document.getElementById('searchterm').focus();"> // .. here's the FORM. Make sure to define the ID tag, // not just the name tag. <textarea id="searchterm">

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2006-09-18, 21:38:17

anonymous from United States

2006-09-25, 04:35:03

anonymous from United Kingdom

IS there a way to do this without Javascript? IE will not allow this in an HTML page run from hard disk...

2007-02-17, 19:52:32

anonymous

2009-01-20, 11:28:07

anonymous

Thanks :)

2009-05-20, 03:55:47

anonymous from India

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2012-10-23, 03:14:29

anonymous

I certainly enjoyed the way you explore your experience and knowledge of the subject! Keep up on it. Thanks for sharing the info.

2012-11-12, 05:06:18

anonymous from United States

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