Yes. I got it. So the culprit actually wasn't elinks, but rather the forum, 
which had explicit instructions for a browser to focus on the form. The current 
behaviour is good enough for me.

 Thanks.


On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 12:45:02AM +0300, Kalle Olavi Niemitalo wrote:
> Ligesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Yeah, that worked. But what exactly is a tabindex?
> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-tabindex
> 
> > And is there some way I can configure it properly?
> 
> If I understand correctly, your complaint is that ELinks
> automatically gives focus to the first link in the tabbing order,
> and scrolls to make it visible.  Whereas e.g. Iceweasel initially
> gives focus to the entire document, and moving focus to the first
> link in the tabbing order requires pressing Tab once.  I suppose
> that would map to the Down key (move-link-next action) in ELinks.
> So, upon loading a document, ELinks should enter a state where:
> - The move-link-next action would give focus to the first link in
>   the tabbing order (regardless of whether it is on the screen),
>   scroll to make it visible, and exit this state.
> - The move-link-prev action would give focus to the last link in


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