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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Input.focus( ) — give keyboard focus to a form element

Availability

JavaScript 1.0

Synopsis

                  input.focus(  )

Description

The focus( ) method of a form element transfers keyboard focus to that element without calling the onfocus event handler. That is, it makes the element active with respect to keyboard navigation and keyboard input. Thus, if you call focus( ) for a Text element, any text the user types appears in that text element. Or, if you call focus( ) for a Button element, the user can invoke that button from the keyboard.

All form elements except the Hidden element support the focus( ) method. Unfortunately, not all platforms support keyboard navigation equally well. In Unix versions of Netscape, focus( ) is functional only for those form elements that display text: Text, Textarea, Password, and FileUpload.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596000480Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata