Thank you both so much for responding. I tried searchControl.input.focus() and it worked perfectly. So awesome. Thanks again for helping a newb.
On Feb 7, 3:23 am, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > To visionjinx's response, I would add that, if you're using the standard > SearchControl, you can call searchControl.input.focus() to put the cursor in > the search box. > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Effective website design & development > Des Moines, IA > > For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com > [email protected] > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > Church! > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:08 AM, Vision Jinx wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Just give the input box focus > > > eg. > > > for this form > > > <form name="myform"> > > <input type="text" name="q" /> > > </form> > > > you can use something like > > > window.onload=function(){ > > document.myform.q.focus(); > > }; > > > Cheers! > > Vision Jinx > > > On Feb 7, 12:33 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Does anyone know how to make the cursor automatically appear in the > >> search box on page load? (like the google.com site) > >> This would save the step of clicking on the search box. > >> Thanks. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
