Hi,

I have a page with several text inputs. The first few text inputs are filled in by GET variables, so I want the page it "default" to the 3rd or 4th input, so the user can just start typing, and fill in the 4th text field. I believe GOOGLE does this with their search field. Is there any way to do this?

Thanks a lot,
Scott

<input type="text" value="Some Default Value" name="Some Field Name" />

I think that's what you mean. I'm not really sure I understand the question, though.

Hi,

thanks for the reply, but thats not quite what I meant, I should have clarified it a bit i guess, its difficult to explain.

I'll use Google as an example. When you load the Google home page, you can start typing as soon as it loads, and your text automatically goes in the search field. When I make an input in an HTML form, I have to click on the input before I type, or the text won't enter the field. i want to specify which field i want the user to be able to type in as soon as the page loads; if the user starts typing without clicking on anything.

Hope that clears it up a bit...

Thanks,
Scott

What you need to do is attach a javascript function the body.onload event and use it to set focus on the input field you want ( using document.getElementById ).

Ahhh. I see what you mean.

Alternatively to what Forrest suggested, document.name_of_form.form_field.focus() will do the job as well.